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My interest in it, is so recent and strong; and my mind is so divided between pleasure and regret -pleasure in the achievement of a long design, regret in the separation from many companions that I am in danger of wearying the reader whom I love, with personal confidences, and private emotions.  \nBesides which, all that I could say of the Story, to any purpose, I have endeavoured to say in it.  \nIt would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know, how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years’ imaginative task; or how an Author feels as if he were dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever. Yet, I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (which might be of less moment still) that no one can ever believe this Narrative, in the reading, more than I have believed it in the writing.  \nInstead of looking back, therefore, I will look forward. I cannot close this Volume more agreeably to myself, than with a hopeful glance towards the time when I shall again put forth my two green leaves once a month, and with a faithful remembrance of the genial sun and showers that have fallen on these leaves of David Copperfield, and made me happy.  \nLondon, October, 1850.  \nEbd  \n[E-BooksDirectory.com](E-BooksDirectory.com)  \nPreface to the Charles Dickens edition  \nI remarked in the original Preface to this Book, that I did not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from it, in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading would seem to require. My interest in it was so recent and strong, and my mind was so divided between pleasure and regret -pleasure in the achievement of a long design, regret in the separation from many companions -that I was in danger of wearying the reader with personal confidences and private emotions.  \nBesides which, all that I could have said of the Story to any purpose, I had endeavoured to say in it.  \nIt would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years’ imaginative task; or how an Author feels as if he were dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever. Yet, I had nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess (which might be of less moment still), that no one can ever believe this Narrative, in the reading, more than I believed it in the writing.  \nSo true are these avowals at the present day, that I can now only take the reader into one confidence more. Of all my books, I like this the best. It will be easily believed that I am a fond parent to every child of my fancy, and that no one can ever love that family as dearly as I love them. But, like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.  \n1869  \nEbd  \n[E-BooksDirectory.com](E-BooksDirectory.com)  \nChapter 1  \nI Am Born  \nWhether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o’clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.  \nIn consideration of the day and hour of my birth, it was declared by the nurse, and by some sage women in the neighbourhood who had taken a lively interest in me several months before there was any possibility of our becoming personally acquaint","cbCaiahcyDxZyMav","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiahcyDxZyMav","pdf",4213517,641,"English","# Preface to 1850 edition\n## Preface to the Charles Dickens edition\n# Chapter 1\n## I Am Born","[{\"question\":\"What does the author say about his feelings after finishing David Copperfield?\",\"answer\":\"He describes the book as still recent and powerful in his mind, mixing pleasure in completing a long design with regret at separating from the many “companions” of his imagination.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author say there is little else to tell about the story?\",\"answer\":\"He states that he has endeavoured to say all he could to any purpose, and that the remaining remarks are essentially confessions about the narrative’s belief in both reading and writing.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Chapter 1, “I Am Born,” begin David Copperfield’s life story?\",\"answer\":\"It begins by recording that he was born on a Friday at twelve o’clock at night, with the clock starting to strike and him crying at the same time.\"}]","David Copperfield - Preface | PDF",1789988840,987]