Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
Bleak House, first published as a serial, March 1852 and September 1853, was one of Dickens' finest novels with a vast and complex array of characters and sub-plots, principally narrated by its heroine, Esther Summerson. [Illustrations by H.K. Browne, 1895 edition.]
Table of Contents
Chapter IV. Telescopic Philanthropy
Chapter V. A Morning Adventure
Chapter VIII. Covering a Multitude of Sins
Chapter XIII. Esther's Narrative
Chapter XVII. Esther's Narrative
Chapter XXI. The Smallweed Family
Chapter XXIII. Esther's Narrative
Chapter XXV. Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All
Chapter XXVII. More Old Soldiers Than One
Chapter XXVIII. The Ironmaster
Chapter XXX. Esther's Narrative
Chapter XXXI. Nurse and Patient
Chapter XXXII. The Appointed Time
Chapter XXXIV. A Turn of the Screw
Chapter XXXV. Esther's Narrative
Chapter XXXVII. Jarndyce and Jarndyce
Chapter XXXIX. Attorney and Client
Chapter 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 XLIX. Dutiful Friendship
Chapter LVII. Esther's Narrative
Chapter LVIII. A Wintry Day and Night
Chapter LIX. Esther's Narrative
Chapter LXII. Another Discovery
Chapter LXIV. Esther's Narrative
Chapter LXV. Beginning the World
Chapter LXVI. Down in Lincolnshire
Chapter LXVII. The Close of Esther's Narrative
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