Charles Dickens published by DemoPublisher
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Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. The story is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. Memorable characters include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, the friendly but depressive John Jarndyce and the childish Harold Skimpole, as well as the likeable but imprudent Richard Carstone.
At the novel's core is long-running litigation in England's Court of Chancery, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which has far-reaching consequences for all involved. This case revolves around a testator who apparently made several wills, all of them seeking to bequeath money and land surrounding the Manor of Marr in South Yorkshire. The litigation, which already has consumed years and sixty to seventy thousand pounds sterling in court costs, is emblematic of the failure of Chancery.

Chap. #	Title	# Words
1	CHAPTER I. In Chancery	2651
2	CHAPTER II. In Fashion	2946
3	CHAPTER III. A Progress	8161
4	CHAPTER IV. Telescopic Philanthropy	5090
5	CHAPTER V. A Morning Adventure	5888
6	CHAPTER VI. Quite at Home	8995
7	CHAPTER VII. The Ghost's Walk	4372
8	CHAPTER VIII. Covering a Multitude of Sins	8513
9	CHAPTER IX. Signs and Tokens	6484
10	CHAPTER X. The Law-Writer	4324
11	CHAPTER XI. Our Dear Brother	6036
12	CHAPTER XII. On the Watch	5753
13	CHAPTER XIII. Esther's Narrative	6312
14	CHAPTER XIV. Deportment	8919
15	CHAPTER XV. Bell Yard	6575
16	CHAPTER XVI. Tom-all-Alone's	3629
17	CHAPTER XVII. Esther's Narrative	5935
18	CHAPTER XVIII. Lady Dedlock	7319
19	CHAPTER XIX. Moving On	5632
20	CHAPTER XX. A New Lodger	5901
21	CHAPTER XXI. The Smallweed Family	7223
22	CHAPTER XXII. Mr. Bucket	5466
23	CHAPTER XXIII. Esther's Narrative	7723
24	CHAPTER XXIV. An Appeal Case	7730
25	CHAPTER XXV. Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All	3613
26	CHAPTER XXVI. Sharpshooters	5450
27	CHAPTER XXVII. More Old Soldiers Than One	5153
28	CHAPTER XXVIII. The Ironmaster	4727
29	CHAPTER XXIX. The Young Man	3972
30	CHAPTER XXX. Esther's Narrative	6750
31	CHAPTER XXXI. Nurse and Patient	6798
32	CHAPTER XXXII. The Appointed Time	5666
33	CHAPTER XXXIII. Interlopers	6137
34	CHAPTER XXXIV. A Turn of the Screw	6527
35	CHAPTER XXXV. Esther's Narrative	6414
36	CHAPTER XXXVI. Chesney Wold	6876
37	CHAPTER XXXVII. Jarndyce and Jarndyce	7994
38	CHAPTER XXXVIII. A Struggle	4404
39	CHAPTER XXXIX. Attorney and Client	6445
40	CHAPTER XL. National and Domestic	4741
41	CHAPTER XLI. In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Room	3604
42	CHAPTER XLII. In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Chambers	2963
43	CHAPTER XLIII. Esther's Narrative	6580
44	CHAPTER XLIV. The Letter and the Answer	3201
45	CHAPTER XLV. In Trust	5552
46	CHAPTER XLVI. Stop Him!	3665
47	CHAPTER XLVII. Jo's Will	6041
48	CHAPTER XLVIII. Closing in	6540
49	CHAPTER XLIX. Dutiful Friendship	5738
50	CHAPTER L. Esther's Narrative	4223
51	CHAPTER LI. Enlightened	4855
52	CHAPTER LII. Obstinacy	4704
53	CHAPTER LIII. The Track	4635
54	CHAPTER LIV. Springing a Mine	8845
55	CHAPTER LV. Flight	6631
56	CHAPTER LVI. Pursuit	3304
57	CHAPTER LVII. Esther's Narrative	7726
58	CHAPTER LVIII. A Wintry Day and Night	5835
59	CHAPTER LIX. Esther's Narrative	5553
60	CHAPTER LX. Perspective	5428
61	CHAPTER LXI. A Discovery	4402
62	CHAPTER LXII. Another Discovery	3803
63	CHAPTER LXIII. Steel and Iron	3305
64	CHAPTER LXIV. Esther's Narrative	4629
65	CHAPTER LXV. Beginning the World	3098
66	CHAPTER LXVI. Down in Lincolnshire	1726
67	CHAPTER LXVII. The Close of Esther's Narrative	1719