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by Charles Dickens
About 84 pages (25,043 words)
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Book 2, Chapter 1 Summary

Tellson's Bank is a tiny place with small counters and dingy windows. It is a place of metal boxes with yellowed paper, whose custodians are ancient men with monotonous histories of boring clerkship. Because of Tellson's, many forgers, thieves, and counterfeiters are put to death. The odd-job-man of Tellson's is Jerry Cruncher. In this chapter, Jerry is at odds with his wife who actively prays against some of his current "business." While taking his son to his.....

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