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Bleak House

Charles Dickens

43 h 30 min · 67 chapters · read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

A lawsuit over an inheritance, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, has crawled through the Court of Chancery for generations and swallows everyone who touches it. Around it Dickens builds orphan Esther Summerson's story, Lady Dedlock's secret and Inspector Bucket, one of the first detectives in English fiction. A long book for long journeys, read by a single narrator.

43 h 30 min

at normal speed

34 h 48 min

at 1.25×

29 h

at 1.5×

Chapters

1. In Chancery26:22
2. In Fashion23:49
3. A Progress59:23
4. Telescopic Philanthropy34:41
5. A Morning Adventure43:27
6. Quite at Home67:45
7. The Ghost's Walk31:31
8. Covering a Multitude of Sins59:04
9. Signs and Tokens45:46
10. The Law-Writer34:22
11. Our Dear Brother45:21
12. On the Watch41:44
13. Esther's Narrative42:29
14. Deportment64:47
15. Bell Yard45:14
16. Tom-all-Alone's25:29
17. Esther's Narrative40:20
18. Lady Dedlock52:33
19. Moving on40:44
20. A New Lodger42:58
21. The Smallweed Family54:13
22. Mr. Bucket39:13
23. Esther's Narrative52:27
24. An Appeal Case50:17
25. Mrs. Snagsby Sees it All28:51
26. Sharpshooters38:22
27. More Old Soldiers than One38:06
28. The Ironmaster36:12
29. The Young Man30:13
30. Esther's Narrative47:03
31. Nurse and Patient48:19
32. The Appointed Time41:37
33. Interlopers45:39
34. A Turn of the Screw43:17
35. Esther's Narrative45:48
36. Chesney Wold50:30
37. Jarndyce and Jarndyce58:11
38. A Struggle31:43
39. Attorney and Client50:20
40. National and Domestic38:29
41. In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Room27:36
42. In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Chambers23:18
43. Esther's Narrative43:51
44. The Letter and the Answer21:40
45. In Trust37:05
46. Stop him!25:33
47. Jo's Will39:55
48. Closing In46:51
49. Dutiful Friendship40:22
50. Esther's Narrative27:53
51. Enlightened30:54
52. Obstinacy30:28
53. The Track31:56
54. Springing a Mine58:48
55. Flight45:01
56. Pursuit23:15
57. Esther's Narrative49:38
58. A Wintry Day and Night40:34
59. Esther's Narrative35:01
60. Perspective36:07
61. A Discovery30:00
62. Another Discovery25:36
63. Steel and Iron22:55
64. Esther's Narrative32:55
65. Beginning the World19:42
66. Down in Lincolnshire13:48
67. The Close of Esther's Narrative12:58

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