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?

3.

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

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