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Fiction · 1853

Bleak House

Charles Dickens

Reading time
about 25.5 h
Length
355,038 words · 768 pages in print
Structure
67 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English
Era
Victorian

Bleak House, first published in 1853, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, machine-cleaned and carefully typeset, free to read online and available in print. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter I — In Chancery
  3. Chapter II — In Fashion
  4. Chapter III — A Progress
  5. Chapter IV — Telescopic Philanthropy
  6. Chapter V — A Morning Adventure
  7. Chapter VI — Quite at Home
  8. Chapter VII — The Ghost’s Walk
  9. Chapter VIII — Covering a Multitude of Sins
  10. Chapter IX — Signs and Tokens
  11. Chapter X — The Law-Writer
  12. Chapter XI — Our Dear Brother
  13. Chapter XII — On the Watch
  14. Chapter XIII — Esther’s Narrative
  15. Chapter XIV — Deportment
  16. Chapter XV — Bell Yard
  17. Chapter XVI — Tom-all-Alone’s
  18. Chapter XVII — Esther’s Narrative
  19. Chapter XVIII — Lady Dedlock
  20. Chapter XIX — Moving On
  21. Chapter XX — A New Lodger
  22. Chapter XXI — The Smallweed Family
  23. Chapter XXII — Mr. Bucket
  24. Chapter XXIII — Esther’s Narrative
  25. Chapter XXIV — An Appeal Case
  26. Chapter XXV — Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All
  27. Chapter XXVI — Sharpshooters
  28. Chapter XXVII — More Old Soldiers Than One
  29. Chapter XXVIII — The Ironmaster
  30. Chapter XXIX — The Young Man
  31. Chapter XXX — Esther’s Narrative
  32. Chapter XXXI — Nurse and Patient
  33. Chapter XXXII — The Appointed Time
  34. Chapter XXXIII — Interlopers
  35. Chapter XXXIV — A Turn of the Screw
  36. Chapter XXXV — Esther’s Narrative
  37. Chapter XXXVI — Chesney Wold
  38. Chapter XXXVII — Jarndyce and Jarndyce
  39. Chapter XXXVIII — A Struggle
  40. Chapter XXXIX — Attorney and Client
  41. Chapter XL — National and Domestic
  42. Chapter XLI — In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Room
  43. Chapter XLII — In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Chambers
  44. Chapter XLIII — Esther’s Narrative
  45. Chapter XLIV — The Letter and the Answer
  46. Chapter XLV — In Trust
  47. Chapter XLVI — Stop Him!
  48. Chapter XLVII — Jo’s Will
  49. Chapter XLVIII — Closing In
  50. Chapter XLIX — Dutiful Friendship
  51. Chapter L — Esther’s Narrative
  52. Chapter LI — Enlightened
  53. Chapter LII — Obstinacy
  54. Chapter LIII — The Track
  55. Chapter LIV — Springing a Mine
  56. Chapter LV — Flight
  57. Chapter LVI — Pursuit
  58. Chapter LVII — Esther’s Narrative
  59. Chapter LVIII — A Wintry Day and Night
  60. Chapter LIX — Esther’s Narrative
  61. Chapter LX — Perspective
  62. Chapter LXI — A Discovery
  63. Chapter LXII — Another Discovery
  64. Chapter LXIII — Steel and Iron
  65. Chapter LXIV — Esther’s Narrative
  66. Chapter LXV — Beginning the World
  67. Chapter LXVI — Down in Lincolnshire
  68. Chapter LXVII — The Close of Esther’s Narrative

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1812–1870 · Victorian

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