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Reading from 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens
In 'David Copperfield', the author Charles Dickens wrote about the books that David read. In fact it was himself he was writing about. The extract describes the kind of books that David Copperfield read and his fascination with the characters involved. The life that Dickens first experienced was similar to that of any other child from his social background.
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