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PREFACE TO



THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION











I 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。







Besides which; all that I could have said of the Story to any



purpose; I had 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 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。







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 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。



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