Chapter 16 (Tom-all-Alone's)
Jo described knowing nothing: 'It must be a strange state to be like Jo!'
Read in Books4Free →Jo, the Crossing-Sweeper
From Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The destitute boy who knows nothing, lives nowhere, and is constantly told to 'move on'; his death is one of the most famous in Dickens.
Chapter 47 (Jo's Will)
Jo's death scene with Allan Woodcourt reciting the Lord's Prayer: 'Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen... And dying thus around us every day.' One of the most famous death scenes in Victorian literature.
Read in Books4Free →Read or Listen to Bleak House on Books4Free
Every chapter free to read. Free audio narration on the opening chapter. Plus an AI study assistant that knows the book.
Open in Books4Free →