The Personal History of David Copperfield (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Personal History of David CopperfieldBesides which, all that I could say of the Story, to any pur pose, I have endeavoured to say in it.It would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know how sor rowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years' irna ginative 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.So 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 1 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 Coprnmrmw.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.