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Bleak House

Bleak House is a novel by the English author Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. The novel has many characters and several subplots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator.

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Bleak House, Project Gutenberg ebook 1023. Only the identified textual scope is assessed; adaptations, recordings and illustration content are excluded.

Frightening & intense themes

Strong

A gravely ill child, Jo, asks to be buried with an old friend, struggles through his final conversation and dies while a doctor stays beside him.

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29h 38m

Average reading time

Focused reading
23h 42m
Comfortable reading
29h 38m
Reflective / study reading
37h 2m

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Bleak House

Bleak House is a novel by the English author Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. The novel has many characters and several subplots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator.

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Wikipedia contributors, Bleak House · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Modified for this entry.

Writers
Charles Dickens
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