The sting and strength of this piece of fiction, then, do (by a rare accident) lie in the circumstance that it was so largely founded on fact. |
—On Dickens |
Gilbert K. Chesterton |
The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield the Younger
Volumes VII & VIII
Charles Dickens
Contents
HARVARD CLASSICS SHELF OF FICTION, VOLUME VII & VIII |
NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON, 1917 NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000 |
- Biographical Note
- Criticisms and Interpretations
- List of Characters
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the “Charles Dickens” Edition
- I Am Born
- I Observe
- I Have a Change
- I Fall Into Disgrace
- I Am Sent Away from Home
- Enlarge My Circle of Acquaintance
- My “First Half” at Salem House
- My Holidays. Especially One Happy Afternoon
- I Have a Memorable Birthday
- I Become Neglected, and Am Provided For
- I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don’t Like It
- Liking Life on My Own Account No Better, I Form a Great Resolution
- The Sequel of My Resolution
- My Aunt Makes up Her Mind about Me
- I Make Another Beginning
- I Am a New Boy in More Senses Than One
- Somebody Turns Up
- A Retrospect
- I Look about Me, and Make a Discovery
- Steerforth’s Home
- Little Em’ly
- Some Old Scenes, and Some New People
- I Corroborate Mr. Dick and Choose a Profession
- My First Dissipation
- Good and Bad Angels
- I Fall into Captivity
- Tommy Traddles
- Mr. Micawber’s Gauntlet
- I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again