Download the digital edition of the opening paragraph of Bleak House produced for the Dickens Day of Writing. Written by Charles Dickens, this novel was originally published between 1852 and 1853 in 20 installments.

Introduction by Dickens Project Co-Director and Cofounder Dr. John O. Jordan, annotations by Camille Coniglio, translated Temprano Garcia and Maria Pachon, map by David A. Perdue.

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