David Copperfield

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Regardless of whether I will end up being the saint of my own life, or whether that station will be held by any other individual, these pages must show. To start my existence with an amazing start, I record that I was conceived (as I have been educated and accept) on a Friday, at twelve PM. It was commented that the clock started to strike, and I started to cry, at the same time.

With regards to the day and hour of my introduction to the world, it was pronounced by the medical attendant, and by some savvy ladies in the local who had taken an exuberant enthusiasm for me a while before there was any chance of our getting actually familiar, first, that I was bound to be unfortunate throughout everyday life; and also, that I was special to see phantoms and spirits; both these blessings definitely appending, as they accepted, to all unfortunate babies of either sex, conceived towards the little hours on a Friday night.