79 pages 2 hours read

Charles Dickens

Bleak House

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1853

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Essay Topics

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How does Esther’s narration help to define her character? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

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Lady Dedlock maintains a strict public persona that masks her personal grief. How is this public persona gradually broken apart?

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Jarndyce fears the east wind. How does his fear of the wind relate to the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case?