Bleak House Summary
Charles Dickens

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Bleak House Summary

Bleak House begins with the description of a gloomy atmosphere where everything begins and ends. The atmosphere of fog and smoke pervades everything, seemingly infinite.

In the midst of this dreary weather, Lord Chancellor delivers law. Even though the pursuit of law is serious, as no one can be spared, some cases such as Jarndyce and Jarndyce induce laughter and jokes because of its length. The court is merciless and has...

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Project Gutenberg eBooks (1)

Bleak House

400,153 words, approx. 1,334 pages

Title:  Bleak House Author:  Charles Dickens Release Date:  August, 1997 [EBook #1023] [Most recently updated:  January 30, 2006] Edition:  12 Language:  English Charact... Read more

Charles Dickens Biographies (8)

Charles Dickens

6,645 words, approx. 23 pages

He was only fifty-eight when he died. His horse had been shot, as he had wanted; his body lay in a casket in his home at Gad's Hill, festooned with scarlet geraniums. Tributes poured in from all over ... Read more

Charles John Huffam Dickens

2,274 words, approx. 8 pages

The English author Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was, and probably still is, the most widely read Victorian novelist. He is now appreciated more for his "dark" novels than for his humorous w... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

17,051 words, approx. 57 pages

The life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unusual good fort... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

4,284 words, approx. 15 pages

Charles Dickens had one thing in common with his creation Thomas Gradgrind, the heartless utilitarian in Hard Times: a love of facts. Along with fourteen novels, many of them rich in topical allusion,... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

2,572 words, approx. 9 pages

Drawing his narrative themes from the sensation novel and the popular stage, Charles Dickens heavily freighted most of his plots with mystery, crime, and suspense. His chief legacies to crime litera... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

13,455 words, approx. 45 pages

From the appearance of his first full-length work of prose fiction, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, in 1836-1837, Charles Dickens has retained his place as one of the best-loved and most... Read more

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens

4,789 words, approx. 16 pages

In October 1844 Charles Dickens was in Genoa working on his second Christmas book, The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In (1845). Hoping that a long forei... Read more

Charles John Huffam Dickens

17,846 words, approx. 60 pages

Biography EssayThe life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unus... Read more

Essays & Analysis (4)

Critical Essay by Kieran Dolin

13,255 words, approx. 45 pages

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Critical Essay by Marilyn Georgas

9,852 words, approx. 33 pages

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Critical Essay by Donald H. Eriksen

7,981 words, approx. 27 pages

1,200 words, approx. 5 pages

Bleak House was published in monthly parts in 1852-3. The typical Victorian way of publication (that is, to publish a book in series) inevitably affects a writer's organization of an organic book... Read more

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