Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Bleak House

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Lincoln's Inn Hall - This is a place where the Lord Chancellor sits.

Jarndyce and Jarndyce - This is a legal suit that goes on for years as lawyers are unable to resolve it.

Lincolnshire - This is a place where it constantly rains, pursued by the fashionable.

Greenleaf - This is Miss Donny's house and a boarding school attended by Esther.

Kenge and Carboy - This is an office made of gravestones in a churchyard outside cloisters.

Krook, Rag and Bottle Warehouse, also called shop Chancery - This is a shop in...
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