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, welcome back. I hope you're cozy and warm wherever you are, especially if you're in the

path of this snowstorm that we're having. I hope that you are inside and wrapped up warm and that you've

got your cup of tea or your hot drink of choice and that you're snuggled in and ready to listen to

more of this book. I am ready to read you more of this book and to talk about this book with you.

I'm so happy to be here always. I'm always so

glad to be here. And it feels like such a wonderful, cozy place to be when it's going to be as

cold as it is outside right now. So thanks for being here. I'm glad you're here. We are going to

keep reading today. We're going to be reading chapter six of David Copperfield. Last time we read

chapter five. It's a bit of a shorter chapter. We've had a couple of really long chapters lately,

so a shorter chapter is an order, but we do have some questions to talk about before we do that,

and then we'll dive right in. Before we do that, though, just a reminder that tomorrow,

if you're listening in real time, tomorrow is tea time. So Tuesday, January 27th at 8 p.m. Eastern,

that's over in our online community, which is called the drawing room because it's where we

withdraw after the podcast to keep on talking

about this book and books in general and life. I answer your questions. It's a really fun,

cozy time. We chat for about an hour. You get to talk to me if you want. You can also just

listen if you prefer not to talk. I get to talk to you, and I always really, really enjoy it.

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