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DAVID COPPERFIELD





by CHARLES DICKENS









AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TO



THE HON。  Mr。 AND Mrs。 RICHARD WATSON;



OF ROCKINGHAM; NORTHAMPTONSHIRE。











PREFACE TO 1850 EDITION







I do not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from this Book;



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; 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。







Besides which; all that I could say of the Story; to any purpose;



I have endeavoured to say in it。







It 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。







Instead 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。



     London; October; 1850。


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