# David Copperfield — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

- [Preface to the 1850 Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/preface-to-the-1850-edition.md): Dickens reflects on the completion of David Copperfield, expressing both pleasure in finishing a long design and regret at parting from the characters he has created. He notes that he has said all he intended in the stor
- [Preface to the Charles Dickens Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/preface-to-the-charles-dickens-edition.md): In this preface, Dickens reflects on the personal and emotional experience of completing David Copperfield, describing the difficulty of detaching himself from the story and its characters. He confesses that of all his b
- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author affectionately inscribes the book to the Honorable Mr. and Mrs. Richard Watson of Rockingham, Northamptonshire.
- [David Copperfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/david-copperfield.md): The novel opens with David Copperfield's birth, introducing his family and the early influences on his life, including his mother Clara, the devoted servant Peggotty, and the formidable Aunt Betsey Trotwood. The chapter 
- [I Am Born](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/i-i-am-born.md): David Copperfield introduces his birth, describing his father's death before his birth, his mother's vulnerable state, and the unexpected visit of his formidable great-aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood, who disapproves of the f

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- [II: I Observe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/ii-i-observe.md)
- [I Have a Change](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/iii-i-have-a-change.md)
- [IV: I Fall Into Disgrace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/iv-i-fall-into-disgrace.md)
- [I Am Sent Away from Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/v-i-am-sent-away-from-home.md)
- [VI: I Enlarge My Circle of Acquaintance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/vi-i-enlarge-my-circle-of-acquaintance.md)
- [My "First Half" at Salem House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/vii-my-first-half-at-salem-house.md)
- [My Holidays. Especially One Happy Afternoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/viii-my-holidays-especially-one-happy-afternoon.md)
- [I Have a Memorable Birthday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/ix-i-have-a-memorable-birthday.md)
- [I Become Neglected, and Am Provided For](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/x-i-become-neglected-and-am-provided-for.md)
- [XI: I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don’t Like It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xi-i-begin-life-on-my-own-account-and-don-t-like-it.md)
- [Liking Life on My Own Account No Better, I Form a Great Resolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xii-liking-life-on-my-own-account-no-better-i-form-a-great-resolution.md)
- [XIII: The Sequel of My Resolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xiii-the-sequel-of-my-resolution.md)
- [My Aunt Makes Up Her Mind About Me](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xiv-my-aunt-makes-up-her-mind-about-me.md)
- [XV: I Make Another Beginning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xv-i-make-another-beginning.md)
- [XVI: I Am a New Boy in More Senses Than One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xvi-i-am-a-new-boy-in-more-senses-than-one.md)
- [Somebody Turns Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xvii-somebody-turns-up.md)
- [A Retrospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xviii-a-retrospect.md)
- [XIX: I Look About Me, and Make a Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xix-i-look-about-me-and-make-a-discovery.md)
- [Steerforth's Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xx-steerforth-s-home.md)
- [Little Em'ly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxi-little-em-ly.md)
- [Some Old Scenes, and Some New People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxii-some-old-scenes-and-some-new-people.md)
- [XXIII: I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Profession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxiii-i-corroborate-mr-dick-and-choose-a-profession.md)
- [My First Dissipation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxiv-my-first-dissipation.md)
- [Good and Bad Angels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxv-good-and-bad-angels.md)
- [I Fall Into Captivity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxvi-i-fall-into-captivity.md)
- [Tommy Traddles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxvii-tommy-traddles.md)
- [Mr. Micawber's Gauntlet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxviii-mr-micawber-s-gauntlet.md)
- [XXIX: I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxix-i-visit-steerforth-at-his-home-again.md)
- [A Loss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxx-a-loss.md)
- [A Greater Loss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxi-a-greater-loss.md)
- [The Beginning of a Long Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxii-the-beginning-of-a-long-journey.md)
- [Blissful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxiii-blissful.md)
- [My Aunt Astonishes Me](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxiv-my-aunt-astonishes-me.md)
- [Depression](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxv-depression.md)
- [Enthusiasm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxvi-enthusiasm.md)
- [A Little Cold Water](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxvii-a-little-cold-water.md)
- [A Dissolution of Partnership](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxviii-a-dissolution-of-partnership.md)
- [Wickfield and Heep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xxxix-wickfield-and-heep.md)
- [The Wanderer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xl-the-wanderer.md)
- [Dora's Aunts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xli-dora-s-aunts.md)
- [XLII: Mischief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xlii-mischief.md)
- [XLIII: Another Retrospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xliii-another-retrospect.md)
- [XLIV: Our Housekeeping](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xliv-our-housekeeping.md)
- [XLV: Mr. Dick Fulfils My Aunt’s Predictions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xlv-mr-dick-fulfils-my-aunt-s-predictions.md)
- [XLVI: Intelligence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xlvi-intelligence.md)
- [Martha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xlvii-martha.md)
- [Domestic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xlviii-domestic.md)
- [I Am Involved in Mystery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xlix-i-am-involved-in-mystery.md)
- [Mr. Peggotty's Dream Comes True](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/l-mr-peggotty-s-dream-comes-true.md)
- [LI: The Beginning of a Longer Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/li-the-beginning-of-a-longer-journey.md)
- [I Assist at an Explosion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lii-i-assist-at-an-explosion.md)
- [LIII: Another Retrospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/liii-another-retrospect.md)
- [Mr. Micawber's Transactions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/liv-mr-micawber-s-transactions.md)
- [Tempest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lv-tempest.md)
- [LVI: The New Wound, and the Old](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lvi-the-new-wound-and-the-old.md)
- [LVII: The Emigrants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lvii-the-emigrants.md)
- [LVIII: Absence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lviii-absence.md)
- [LIX: Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lix-return.md)
- [Agnes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lx-agnes.md)
- [LXI: I Am Shown Two Interesting Penitents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lxi-i-am-shown-two-interesting-penitents.md)
- [A Light Shines on My Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lxii-a-light-shines-on-my-way.md)
- [LXIII: A Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lxiii-a-visitor.md)
- [A Last Retrospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/lxiv-a-last-retrospect.md)

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