Bleak House in Never too Late to Read Classics

Nov 23, 2009 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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"Bleak House" by Charles Dickens read: David's Perdue's Charles Dickens Page.

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02/01/13 Chapters 11 - 15
02/08/13 Chapters 16 - 20
02/15/13 Chapters 21 - 25
02/22/13 Chapters 26 - 30

03/01/13 Chapters 31 - 35
03/08/13 Chapters 36 - 40
03/15/13 Chapters 41 - 45
03/22/13 Chapters 46 - 50
03/29/13 Chapters 51 - 55

04/05/13 Chapters 56 - 60
04/12/13 Chapters 61 - 67 (End)

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May 31, 2018 Tom Britz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was a long and dense read. Dense because it seemed as if most of London were characters. There was much to like and quite a bit to not like, but as they say story triumphs. One thing Dickens did was tell a great story. My frustrations were the over abundance of characters that were integral in the story. There were multiple storylines (again too many), and the repetitions throughout the novel. He used a phrase to delineate a certain character, but after fifteen or twenty times of hearing , ...more

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Aug 30, 2022 AZ BOOKS rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

As you read Bleak House, I highly recommend following this Good Reads discussion group. Chapter by Chapter insight is brilliant.
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Jun 29, 2013 Karen rated it it was amazing

It took me a long time to read Bleak House, and it took me several tries to read beyond the fourth chapter. It is a great book, with lots of twists and turns, and wonderful cast of characters. I read once that Bleak House is the best of Dickens, and although I loved Great Expectations, I can see why Bleak House is considered his best.

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