Hello and welcome to Story Time for Grownups.

I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

Each episode I'll read a few chapters from the book,

pausing from time to time to give brief explanations, so it's easier to follow along.

It's like an audiobook with built-in notes.

So brew a pot of tea, find a cozy I love the donkeys. It's so crazy and so weird, and I'm so excited to talk to you about it.

So thank you so much for being here, as always. Davy has made it to his aunt Betsy, but wow, is she crazy?

And I cannot wait to talk about it. So let's do that. But before we do, just a quick reminder that tomorrow is tea time. So tea time

happens in our online community, which is called the drawing room, not because we draw there,

but because it's where we withdraw after the show to keep talking about this book, other books,

life in general. It's a wonderful place to be. If you're not yet a member, you can join up. It's

very easy. You just scroll into the show notes of this episode. There's a link there. It's clearly labeled. Click that, and you'll get more information about how to sign up and the different membership tiers that we have. If you are a member of the landed gentry, or if you sign up now to become a member of the landeded Gentry, then you are entitled to join us for

tea time. T-times are monthly voice chats, kind of like a group phone call where we get to talk to each other. So I'm there, you're there, we can talk to each other, you can also just listen if you prefer not to talk, and it's about an hour long, and we talk about, we'll talk about this book, definitely. You can ask me

anything. I already have some ask me anything questions. You can add more between now and then, or even just ask when you're there. It's always a lot of fun. I always feel like the time flies by. That's me at least, and maybe it does feel that way for you too. But if you'd like to join us, It's tomorrow.

So tomorrow if you're listening in real time.

So Tuesday, the 24th of February, at 8 p.m. Eastern, and it's in the drawing room. So if you would like to join us and you're already signed up and you're a member of the Land of Gentry, then please just come on over tomorrow at 8 p.m. Eastern. If you're not, please click the link in the show

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friend or a new one. I love to chat with my old friends and make new friends. So I hope that you'll

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