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. Welcome back. I'm so happy to be here with you again. I hope you had a

wonderful Christmas and new year and that you're refreshed and ready to jump into a new book together. I know I am. I have really

been eagerly waiting to begin this book with you. It feels like such a treat. You know, usually I'm

kind of sad when Christmas is over, but ever since I started this podcast, I have something to

look forward to every January and it's such a joy. So thank you for being here and being a part of that.

Welcome back to those of you who've been with us for a while now, and a very special welcome to

those of you who are joining us for the very first time. I'm Faith Moore. This is season five of

Storytime for grownups, believe it or not, and we are celebrating our two-year anniversary

right now. This show began in January of 2024 with the book Jane Eyre, and here we are

in January of 26 about to start David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Along the way,

we've read Pride and Prejudice, The Woman in White, and Frankenstein, and we've had

two Christmas specials where we read a Christmas Carol and a Little Princess. And all of those

books are still available to listen to. They're all still there in the same podcast feed where you

found this episode. And I encourage you, if you haven't already listened to those, to check them out.

Lots of people like to listen to the old books on the days when new episodes aren't dropping.

So I hope that you'll listen to our past books if you haven't done that already.

But now this is our intro episode to David Copperfield.

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