Bleak House (version 4)
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87
1853
English
- Preface
- In Chancery
- In Fashion
- A Progress
- Telescopic Philanthropy
- A Morning Adventure
- Quite at Home
- The Ghost's Walk
- Covering a Multitude of Sins
- Signs and Tokens
- The Law-Writer
- Our Dear Brother
- On the Watch
- Esther's Narrative
- Deportment
- Bell Yard
- Tom-all-Alone's
- Esthers Narrative
- Lady Dedlock
- Moving On
- A New Lodger
- The Smallweed Family
- Mr Bucket
- Esther's Narrative
- An Appeal Case
- Mrs Snagsby Sees It All
- Sharpshooters
- More Old Soldiers Than One
- The Ironmaster
- The Young Man
- Esther's Narrative
- Nurse and Patient
- The Appointed Time
- Interlopers
- A Turn of the Screw
- Esther's Narrative
- Chesney Wold
- Jarndyce and Jarndyce
- A Struggle
- Attorney and Client
- National and Domestic
- In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Room
- In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Chambers
- Esther's Narrative
- The Letter and the Answer
- In Trust
- Stop Him!
- Jo's Will
- Closing In
- Dutiful Friendship
- Esther's Narrative
- Enlightened
- Obstinacy
- The Track
- Springing a Mine
- Flight
- Pursuit
- Esther's Narrative
- A Wintry Day and Night
- Esther's Narrative
- Perspective
- A Discovery
- Another Discovery
- Steel and Iron
- Esther's Narrative
- Beginning the World LXVI.
- Down in Lincolnshire LXVII.
- The Close of Esther's Narrative
Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Monthly sales substantially exceeded his previous bestseller David Copperfield.
Dickens' mastery of the English language comes to the fore in this book. It is an energetic book: a complex mystery story revolving around the heroine Esther Summerson and her path from childhood to marriage. During the course of Esther’s narration Dickens introduces some wonderful and unforgettable characters, and at the same time provides a searing indictment of the laws’ corruption and self-serving interests which prevailed during that time. He pokes fun at the languid and landed aristocracy and questions the societal indifference to the poor. Detection, black comedy, farce, and tragic ruin run through the story. Critics at the time were unenthusiastic but the public were enthralled by it! - Summary by Peter John Keeble
Dickens' mastery of the English language comes to the fore in this book. It is an energetic book: a complex mystery story revolving around the heroine Esther Summerson and her path from childhood to marriage. During the course of Esther’s narration Dickens introduces some wonderful and unforgettable characters, and at the same time provides a searing indictment of the laws’ corruption and self-serving interests which prevailed during that time. He pokes fun at the languid and landed aristocracy and questions the societal indifference to the poor. Detection, black comedy, farce, and tragic ruin run through the story. Critics at the time were unenthusiastic but the public were enthralled by it! - Summary by Peter John Keeble
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