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 chair, and settle in. It's story time. Hello, everyone.

So as I mentioned last time, this is a pre-recorded episode.

I'm away this week.

So this episode and Thursday's episode are recorded in advance, which means I wasn't able to collect your questions

because I had already recorded these episodes when the previous chapters aired. So I am going to

still do all the parts of the show. We'll have the recap. We will talk a little bit about

chapter 25, which is the last chapter we had. I just won't use your questions. So I will just

share my thoughts about the chapter, and then we'll go into chapter 26. We'll do the same thing

on Thursday, but then the following Monday, I will be back. But please do keep your questions and

comments coming. Please do keep emailing me about these chapters. I would still love to know what is coming up for you,

and I will reply to you directly. And also, I will try to bring up your comments or thoughts when I

come back if it seemed like there was a consensus on anything, or if I didn't cover something that

seemed like many of you were interested in discussing. So please do keep those questions and comments

coming. Faithkameur.com, click on contact contact or scroll into the show notes and find the link that's there. While you're there, please check out the other links. There's the merch store. There's our online community, The Drawing Room. There is a tip jar if you'd like to leave a financial donation and a few other things. So I hope you'll check out the links that are there. And of course, please subscribe if you haven't already, tap the five stars if you'd like to leave a financial donation and a few other things. So I hope you'll check out the links that are there.

And of course, please subscribe if you haven't already. Tap the five stars. If you're enjoying the show, leave a positive review. If you're enjoying this show, and please tell a friend and spread the word. And wouldn't it be amazing if when I came back, there were even more of us to listen to David Copperfield. So please do all those things. And thank you for all the ways

that you support the show, including by listening to it. So last time we read chapter 25, today we're

going to be reading chapter 26. So we'll talk about what happened last time. I'll talk a little

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