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Bleak House

Charles Dickens

BOOK TYPE
Novel
READING TIME
About 29.6 hours
WORDS
354,994
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About this book

A young woman of uncertain parentage is taken in by a kindly guardian, while her fate and that of two other young people hinge on the outcome of an interminable legal case.

Novel

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

Edition & source

This edition was prepared by Standard Ebooks. The original EPUB, typography, credits, imprint, colophon and copyright information are retained.

SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2017-11-05
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-15
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • Charles Dickens (ann, aut, wpr)
  • Thomas Eakins (art)
  • Donald Lainson (trc)
  • Thomas Berger (trc)
  • Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. (trc)
  • David Grigg (ann, bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • Alex Cabal (pfr)
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