Bleak House by Charles Dickens is a sweeping Victorian novel that follows the lives of several characters connected to the seemingly endless legal case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. At the center is Esther Summerson, a kind and modest young woman who becomes companion to Ada Clare and Richard Carstone under the guardianship of the generous John Jarndyce.As Richard becomes increasingly obsessed with the lawsuit and the inheritance it may bring, the case begins to consume his ambitions and relationships. At the same time, Esther gradually uncovers painful secrets about her own family and her connection to the aristocratic Lady...
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Down in Lincolnshire LXVII.
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