Bleak House
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Bleak House

  1. 672 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bleak House

About this book

Dickens' grandest, most virtuosic achievement, Bleak House combines two tales: the story of wealthy Lady Dedlock, recounted in the third person, and that of penniless Esther Summerson, told in her own words. The haughty noblewoman and the orphan are connected by the court case Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a tangle of disputed wills and disrupted inheritance that has tied up the High Court of Chancery for decades.
Inspired by an actual court case that dragged on for more than 50 years, Dickens drew upon his own experiences as a law clerk and plaintiff to enliven his novel, which remains utterly contemporary in its portrait of a system invested in making business for itself at the expense of its plaintiffs. In addition to its complex and compelling portrayal of the English judiciary, Bleak House is also a brilliant detective story in which a police officer, Inspector Bucket, uncovers a richly plotted tale of secrets, murder, and mystery.

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Information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780486812465
eBook ISBN
9780486822556
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Author’s Preface
  5. Contents
  6. I. In Chancery
  7. II. In Fashion
  8. III. A Progress
  9. IV. Telescopic Philanthropy
  10. V. A Morning Adventure
  11. VI. Quite at Home
  12. VII. The Ghost’s Walk
  13. VIII. Covering a Multitude of Sins
  14. IX. Signs and Tokens
  15. X. The Law-Writer
  16. XI. Our Dear Brother
  17. XII. On the Watch
  18. XIII. Esther’s Narrative
  19. XIV. Deportment
  20. XV. Bell Yard
  21. XVI. Tom-All-Alone’s
  22. XVII. Esther’s Narrative
  23. XVIII. Lady Dedlock
  24. XIX. Moving On
  25. XX. A New Lodger
  26. XXI. The Smallweed Family
  27. XXII. Mr. Bucket
  28. XXIII. Esther’s Narrative
  29. XXIV. An Appeal Case
  30. XXV. Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All
  31. XXVI. Sharpshooters
  32. XXVII. More Old Soldiers Than One
  33. XXVIII. The Ironmaster
  34. XXIX. The Young Man
  35. XXX. Esther’s Narrative
  36. XXXI. Nurse and Patient
  37. XXXII. The Appointed Time
  38. XXXIII. Interlopers
  39. XXXIV. A Turn of the Screw
  40. XXXV. Esther’s Narrative
  41. XXXVI. Chesney Wold
  42. XXXVII. Jarndyce and Jarndyce
  43. XXXVIII. A Struggle
  44. XXXIX. Attorney and Client
  45. XL. National and Domestic
  46. XLI. In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Room
  47. XLII. In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Chambers
  48. XLIII. Esther’s Narrative
  49. XLIV. The Letter and the Answer
  50. XLV. In Trust
  51. XLVI. Stop Him!
  52. XLVII. Jo’s Will
  53. XLVIII. Closing In
  54. XLIX. Dutiful Friendship
  55. L. Esther’s Narrative
  56. LI. Enlightened
  57. LII. Obstinacy
  58. LIII. The Track
  59. LIV. Springing a Mine
  60. LV. Flight
  61. LVI. Pursuit
  62. LVII. Esther’s Narrative
  63. LVIII. A Wintry Day and Night
  64. LIX. Esther’s Narrative
  65. LX. Perspective
  66. LXI. A Discovery
  67. LXII. Another Discovery
  68. LXIII. Steel and Iron
  69. LXIV. Esther’s Narrative
  70. LXV. Beginning the World
  71. LXVI. Down in Lincolnshire
  72. LXVII. The Close of Esther’s Narrative