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 forgot to say happy February. It's February. We made it through a whole month so far of David Copperfield, one down, like seven to go, but we made it through one month.

So welcome to February.

And Monday was also Groundhog Day.

And it turns out, I think, that the Groundhog did see its shadow, which means that we're

going to have six more weeks of winter.

So I'm not super happy about that.

I would like it to be spring.

I'm feeling some spring vibes coming on. But that's okay. I would like it to be spring. I'm feeling some spring

vibes coming on, but that's okay. We can make it through and hopefully you are cozy and warm

wherever you are and enjoying maybe a cup of tea or maybe just a sort of imaginary cup of tea in

your imaginary chair as you rush about your life

doing all your things. So welcome to your imaginary cozy Victorian parlor where you are sitting

under a lovely blanket with your friends all reading a book together and sometimes looking up

and discussing it and then going back to it because it's so exciting

and you just can't put it down. At least I hope that's how you're feeling about this book.

It's how I feel about it and I can't wait to share this next chapter with you.

So before we get into that, just a couple of quick reminders.

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