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Bleak House

Charles Dickens
Dickens attacks the endless delays of the legal system in this sprawling masterpiece.

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The book that weaponized fog, invented the detective novel, and put the English legal system on trial — Dickens at the absolute peak of his powers.

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Bleak House
Charles Dickens · CHAPTER I: In Chancery
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CHAPTER I In Chancery London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln’s Inn Hall. Implacable November weather. As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be…

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Table of contents

  1. CHAPTER I: In ChanceryFree
  2. CHAPTER II: In FashionFree
  3. CHAPTER III: A ProgressFree
  4. CHAPTER IV: Telescopic PhilanthropyFree
  5. CHAPTER V: A Morning AdventureFree
  6. CHAPTER VI: Quite at HomeFree
  7. CHAPTER VII: The Ghost’s WalkFree
  8. CHAPTER VIII: Covering a Multitude of SinsFree
  9. CHAPTER IX: Signs and TokensFree
  10. CHAPTER X: The Law-WriterFree
  11. CHAPTER XI: Our Dear BrotherFree
  12. CHAPTER XII: On the WatchFree
  13. CHAPTER XIII: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  14. CHAPTER XIV: DeportmentFree
  15. CHAPTER XV: Bell YardFree
  16. CHAPTER XVI: Tom-all-Alone’sFree
  17. CHAPTER XVII: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  18. CHAPTER XVIII: Lady DedlockFree
  19. CHAPTER XIX: Moving OnFree
  20. CHAPTER XX: A New LodgerFree
  21. CHAPTER XXI: The Smallweed FamilyFree
  22. CHAPTER XXII: Mr. BucketFree
  23. CHAPTER XXIII: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  24. CHAPTER XXIV: An Appeal CaseFree
  25. CHAPTER XXV: Mrs. Snagsby Sees It AllFree
  26. CHAPTER XXVI: SharpshootersFree
  27. CHAPTER XXVII: More Old Soldiers Than OneFree
  28. CHAPTER XXVIII: The IronmasterFree
  29. CHAPTER XXIX: The Young ManFree
  30. CHAPTER XXX: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  31. CHAPTER XXXI: Nurse and PatientFree
  32. CHAPTER XXXII: The Appointed TimeFree
  33. CHAPTER XXXIII: InterlopersFree
  34. CHAPTER XXXIV: A Turn of the ScrewFree
  35. CHAPTER XXXV: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  36. CHAPTER XXXVI: Chesney WoldFree
  37. CHAPTER XXXVII: Jarndyce and JarndyceFree
  38. CHAPTER XXXVIII: A StruggleFree
  39. CHAPTER XXXIX: Attorney and ClientFree
  40. CHAPTER XL: National and DomesticFree
  41. CHAPTER XLI: In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s RoomFree
  42. CHAPTER XLII: In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s ChambersFree
  43. CHAPTER XLIII: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  44. CHAPTER XLIV: The Letter and the AnswerFree
  45. CHAPTER XLV: In TrustFree
  46. CHAPTER XLVI: Stop Him!Free
  47. CHAPTER XLVII: Jo’s WillFree
  48. CHAPTER XLVIII: Closing InFree
  49. CHAPTER XLIX: Dutiful FriendshipFree
  50. CHAPTER L: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  51. CHAPTER LI: EnlightenedFree
  52. CHAPTER LII: ObstinacyFree
  53. CHAPTER LIII: The TrackFree
  54. CHAPTER LIV: Springing a MineFree
  55. CHAPTER LV: FlightFree
  56. CHAPTER LVI: PursuitFree
  57. CHAPTER LVII: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  58. CHAPTER LVIII: A Wintry Day and NightFree
  59. CHAPTER LIX: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  60. CHAPTER LX: PerspectiveFree
  61. CHAPTER LXI: A DiscoveryFree
  62. CHAPTER LXII: Another DiscoveryFree
  63. CHAPTER LXIII: Steel and IronFree
  64. CHAPTER LXIV: Esther’s NarrativeFree
  65. CHAPTER LXV: Beginning the WorldFree
  66. CHAPTER LXVI: Down in LincolnshireFree
  67. CHAPTER LXVII: The Close of Esther’s NarrativeFree

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