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Bleak House

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Original author: Charles Dickens

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"Bleak House" by Charles Dickens is a novel published between 1852 and 1853. At its center lies Jarndyce and Jarndyce, an endless legal case in the Court of Chancery involving conflicting wills. The story follows Esther Summerson, an orphan with a mysterious past, and Lady Dedlock, an aristocrat harboring a dangerous secret. As a lawyer investigates Lady Dedlock's hidden connection to a deceased pauper, multiple lives become entangled in the grinding machinery of the law, leading to revelation, illness, murder, and tragedy in fog-shrouded London.

Bleak House, by Charles Dickens. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1023.

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68 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface808 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: In Chancery2,559 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: In Fashion2,841 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: A Progress7,646 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Telescopic Philanthropy4,759 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: A Morning Adventure5,565 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Quite at Home8,489 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Ghost’s Walk4,143 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: Covering a Multitude of Sins8,147 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Signs and Tokens6,117 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Law-Writer4,115 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: Our Dear Brother5,727 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: On the Watch5,401 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: Esther’s Narrative5,873 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: Deportment8,348 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: Bell Yard6,155 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: Tom-all-Alone’s3,415 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: Esther’s Narrative5,521 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: Lady Dedlock6,939 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: Moving On5,269 words
  21. 21.Chapter XX: A New Lodger5,501 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXI: The Smallweed Family6,698 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXII: Mr. Bucket5,017 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIII: Esther’s Narrative7,184 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIV: An Appeal Case7,222 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXV: Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All3,428 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVI: Sharpshooters4,994 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVII: More Old Soldiers Than One4,768 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXVIII: The Ironmaster4,464 words
  30. 30.Chapter XXIX: The Young Man3,712 words
  31. 31.Chapter XXX: Esther’s Narrative6,386 words
  32. 32.Chapter XXXI: Nurse and Patient6,369 words
  33. 33.Chapter XXXII: The Appointed Time5,231 words
  34. 34.Chapter XXXIII: Interlopers5,730 words
  1. 35.Chapter XXXIV: A Turn of the Screw6,034 words
  2. 36.Chapter XXXV: Esther’s Narrative6,043 words
  3. 37.Chapter XXXVI: Chesney Wold6,651 words
  4. 38.Chapter XXXVII: Jarndyce and Jarndyce7,476 words
  5. 39.Chapter XXXVIII: A Struggle4,128 words
  6. 40.Chapter XXXIX: Attorney and Client6,153 words
  7. 41.Chapter XL: National and Domestic4,444 words
  8. 42.Chapter XLI: In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Room3,343 words
  9. 43.Chapter XLII: In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Chambers2,692 words
  10. 44.Chapter XLIII: Esther’s Narrative6,158 words
  11. 45.Chapter XLIV: The Letter and the Answer3,024 words
  12. 46.Chapter XLV: In Trust5,244 words
  13. 47.Chapter XLVI: Stop Him!3,392 words
  14. 48.Chapter XLVII: Jo’s Will5,606 words
  15. 49.Chapter XLVIII: Closing In6,134 words
  16. 50.Chapter XLIX: Dutiful Friendship5,345 words
  17. 51.Chapter L: Esther’s Narrative4,001 words
  18. 52.Chapter LI: Enlightened4,528 words
  19. 53.Chapter LII: Obstinacy4,365 words
  20. 54.Chapter LIII: The Track4,294 words
  21. 55.Chapter LIV: Springing a Mine8,311 words
  22. 56.Chapter LV: Flight6,291 words
  23. 57.Chapter LVI: Pursuit3,158 words
  24. 58.Chapter LVII: Esther’s Narrative7,303 words
  25. 59.Chapter LVIII: A Wintry Day and Night5,531 words
  26. 60.Chapter LIX: Esther’s Narrative5,183 words
  27. 61.Chapter LX: Perspective5,051 words
  28. 62.Chapter LXI: A Discovery4,153 words
  29. 63.Chapter LXII: Another Discovery3,491 words
  30. 64.Chapter LXIII: Steel and Iron3,074 words
  31. 65.Chapter LXIV: Esther’s Narrative4,350 words
  32. 66.Chapter LXV: Beginning the World2,872 words
  33. 67.Chapter LXVI: Down in Lincolnshire1,695 words
  34. 68.Chapter LXVII: The Close of Esther’s Narrative1,639 words