David Copperfield: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

David Copperfield, credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. Read by Tadhg. The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first Dickens novel to be written as such a narration.The story deals with the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity.David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but David and his step-father don’t get on and he is sent to boarding school.As Divid settles into life we are taken along with him and meet a dazzling array of characters,some of whom we will never forget and some of whom we won't want to remember! (Introduction by Wikipedia & T.Hynes)

Recording facts

• Recording title: David Copperfield
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 65
• Listed recording duration: 32:29:05

Catalogue topics

• Dickens
• Victorian novel
• novel

Opening tracks: first 24 of 65

1. 00 - Preface — 3:39
2. 01 - Chapter 1 - I Am Born — 24:51
3. 02 - Chapter 2 - I Observe — 32:33
4. 03 - Chapter 3 - I Have A Change — 34:15
5. 04 - Chapter 4 - I Fall Into Disgrace — 42:42
6. 05 - Chapter 5 - I Am Sent Away From Home — 41:54
7. 06 - Chapter 6 - I Enlarge My Circle Of Acquaintance — 16:38
8. 07 - Chapter 7 - My First Half At Salem House — 41:26
9. 08 - Chapter 8 - My Holidays,Especially One Happy Afternoon — 33:46
10. 09 - Chapter 9 - I Have A Memorable Birthday — 26:35
11. 10 - Chapter 10 - I Become Neglected,And Am Provided For — 44:30
12. 11 - Chapter 11 - I Begin Life On My Own Account,And Dont Like It — 37:18
13. 12 - Chapter 12 - Liking Life On My Own Account No Better,I Form A Great Resolution — 22:05
14. 13 - Chapter 13 - The Sequel Of My Resolution — 45:46
15. 14 - Chapter 14 - My Aunt Makes Up Her Mind About Me — 34:03
16. 15 - Chapter 15 - I Make Another Beginning — 22:11
17. 16 - Chapter 16 - I Am A New Boy In More Senses Than One — 47:50
18. 17 - Chapter 17 - Sombody Turns Up — 39:21
19. 18 - Chapter 18 - A Retrospective — 17:30
20. 19 - Chapter 19 - I Look About Me,And Make A Discovery — 35:21
21. 20 - Chapter 20 - Steerforth's Home — 19:21
22. 21 - Chapter 21 - Little Em'ly — 44:13
23. 22 - Chapter 22 - Some Old Scenes,And Some New People — 48:31
24. 23 - Chapter 23 - I Corroborate Mr.Dick,And Choose A Profession — 32:09

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