Bleak House (1853)

by Charles John Huffam Dickens

For other versions of this work, see Bleak House.

Chesney Wold

FRONTISPIECE.

BLEAK HOUSE BY CHARLES DICKENS.

BLEAK HOUSE.

 

BY

CHARLES DICKENS.

 

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WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. K. BROWNE.

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LONDON :
BRADBURY AND EYANS, 11, BOUVERIE STEEET.
1853.

LONDON :
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

DEDICATED,

 

AS A REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FRIENDLY UNION,

 

TO MY COMPANIONS

 

IN THE

 

GUILD OF LITERATURE AND ART.

Contents.

Chap.		Page
I.—	In Chancery	1
II.—	In Fashion	5
III.—	A Progress	10
IV.—	Telescopic Philanthropy	24
V.—	A Morning Adventure	33
VI.—	Quite at Home	42
VII.—	The Ghost's Walk	57
VIII.—	Covering a Multitude of Sins	65
IX.—	Signs and Tokens	79
X.—	The Law-writer	89
XI.—	Our dear Brother	97
XII.—	On the Watch	107
XIII.—	Esther's Narrative	117
XIV.—	Deportment	129
XV.—	Bell Yard	144
XVI.—	Tom-all-alone's	155
XVII.—	Esther's Narrative	161
XVIII.—	Lady Dedlock	171
XIX.—	Moving on	183
XX.—	A New Lodger	193
XXI.—	The Smallweed Family	203
XXII.—	Mr. Bucket	215
XXIII.—	Esther's Narrative	225
XXIV.—	An Appeal Case	238
XXV.—	Mr. Snagsby sees it all	251
XXVI.—	Sharpshooters	257
XXVII.—	More Old Soldiers than one	266
XXVIII.—	The Ironmaster	274
XXIX.—	The Young Man	282
XXX.—	Esther's Narrative	289
XXXI.—	Nurse and Patient	300
XXXII.—	The Appointed Time	311
XXXIII.—	Interlopers	321
XXXIV.—	The Turn of the Screw	331
XXXV.—	Esther's Narrative	342
XXXVI.—	Chesney Wold	353
XXXVII.—	Jarndyce and Jarndyce	364
XXXVIII.—	A Struggle	377
XXXIX.—	Attorney and Client	385
XL.—	National and Domestic	396
XLI.—	In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Room	405
XLII.—	In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Chamber	411
XLIII.—	Esther's Narrative	417
XLIV.—	The Letter and the Answer	428
XLV.—	In Trust	433
XLVI.—	Stop him!	442
XLVII.—	Jo's Will	449
XLVIII.—	Closing in	459
XLIX.—	Dutiful Friendship	471
L.—	Esther's Narrative	481
LI.—	Enlightened	488
LII.—	Obstinacy	496
LIII.—	The Track	504
LIV.—	Springing a Mine	513
LV.—	Flight	528
LVI.—	Pursuit	539
LVII.—	Esther's Narrative	545
LVIII.—	A Wintry Day and Night	557
LIX.—	Esther's Narrative	567
LX.—	Perspective	577
LXI.—	A Discovery	586
LXII.—	Another Discovery	593
LXIII.—	Steel and Iron	600
LXIV.—	Esther's Narrative	606
LXV.—	Beginning the World	613
LXVI.—	Down in Lincolnshire	619
LXVII.—	The Close of Esther's Narrative	622