A enthralling story about the inequalities of the 19th-century English legal system Bleak House is one of Charles Dicken's most multifaceted novels. Bleak House deals with a multiplicity of characters, plots and subplots that all weave in and around...
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A enthralling story about the inequalities of the 19th-century English legal system Bleak House is one of Charles Dicken's most multifaceted novels. Bleak House deals with a multiplicity of characters, plots and subplots that all weave in and around the true story of the famous case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a case of litigation in England's Court of Chancery, which starts as a problem of legacy and wills, but soon raises the question of murder
Title; Contents; Preface; Chapter I In Chancery; Chapter II In Fashion; Chapter III A Progress; Chapter IV Telescopic Philanthropy; Chapter V A Morning Adventure; Chapter VI Quite at Home; Chapter VII The Ghost's Walk; Chapter VIII Covering a Multitude of Sins; Chapter IX Signs and Tokens; Chapter X The Law-Writer; Chapter XI Our Dear Brother; Chapter XII On the Watch; Chapter XIII Esther's Narrative; Chapter XIV Deportment; Chapter XV Bell Yard; Chapter XVI Tom-All-Alone's; Chapter XVII Esther's Narrative; Chapter XVIII Lady Dedlock; Chapter XIX Moving On; Chapter XX A New Lodger
Chapter XXI The Smallweed FamilyChapter XXII Mr. Bucket; Chapter XXIII Esther's Narrative; Chapter XXIV An Appeal Case; Chapter XXV Mrs. Snagsby Sees it All; Chapter XXVI Sharpshooters; Chapter XXVII More Old Soldiers than One; Chapter XXVIII The Ironmaster; Chapter XXIX The Young Man; Chapter XXX Esther's Narrative; Chapter XXXI Nurse and Patient; Chapter XXXII The Appointed Time; Chapter XXXIII Interlopers; Chapter XXXIV A Turn of the Screw; Chapter XXXV Esther's Narrative; Chapter XXXVI Chesney Wold; Chapter XXXVII Jarndyce and Jarndyce; Chapter XXXVIII A Struggle
Chapter XXXIX Attorney and ClientChapter XL National and Domestic; Chapter XLI In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Room; Chapter XLII In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Chambers; Chapter XLIII Esther's Narrative; Chapter XLIV The Letter and the Answer; Chapter XLV In Trust; Chapter XLVI Stop Him!; Chapter XLVII Jo's Will; Chapter XLVIII Closing In; Chapter XLIX Dutiful Friendship; Chapter L Esther's Narrative; Chapter LI Enlightened; Chapter LII Obstinacy; Chapter LIII The Track; Chapter LIV Springing a Mine; Chapter LV Flight; Chapter LVI Pursuit; Chapter LVII Esther's Narrative; Chapter LVIII A Wintry Day and Night
Chapter LIX Esther's NarrativeChapter LX Perspective; Chapter LXI A Discovery; Chapter LXII Another Discovery; Chapter LXIII Steel and Iron; Chapter LXIV Esther's Narrative; Chapter LXV Beginning the World; Chapter LXVI Down in Lincolnshire; Chapter LXVII The Close of Esther's Narrative; Endnotes;