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　　Written in 1852, this grand indictment of Victorian society-- on its surface a mystery story-- deals with the themes of the vagaries of the High Court of Chancery and misplaced children. From the Inside Flap Introduction by Barbara Hardy

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　　Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport,Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eightchildren, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financialinsecurity. At age eleven, Dickens was taken out of school and sentto work in London backing warehouse, where his job was to pastelabels on bottles for six shillings a week. His father JohnDickens, was a warmhearted but improvident man. When he wascondemned the Marshela Prison for unpaid debts, he unwisely agreedthat Charles should stay in lodgings and continue working while therest of the family joined him in jail. This three-month separationcaused Charles much pain; his experiences as a child alone in ahuge city–cold, isolated with barely enough to eat–haunted him forthe rest of his life.

Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport,
Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight
children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial
insecurity. At age eleven, Dickens was taken out of school and sent
to work in London backing warehouse, where his job was to paste
labels on bottles for six shillings a week. His father John
Dickens, was a warmhearted but improvident man. When he was
condemned the Marshela Prison for unpaid debts, he unwisely agreed
that Charles should stay in lodgings and continue working while the
rest of the family joined him in jail. This three-month separation
caused Charles much pain; his experiences as a child alone in a
huge city–cold, isolated with barely enough to eat–haunted him for
the rest of his life. 
　　When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to school,
after which he became an office boy, a freelance reporter and
finally an author. With Pickwick Papers (1836-7) he achieved
immediate fame; in a few years he was easily the post popular and
respected writer of his time. It has been estimated that one out of
every ten persons in Victorian England was a Dickens reader. Oliver
Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-9) and The Old Curiosity Shop
(1840-41) were huge successes. Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-4) was less
so, but Dickens followed it with his unforgettable, A Christmas
Carol (1843), Bleak House (1852-3), Hard Times (1854) and Little
Dorrit (1855-7) reveal his deepening concern for the injustices of
British Society. A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations
(1860-1) and Our Mutual Friend (1864-5) complete his major
works. 
　　Dickens’s marriage to Catherine Hoggarth produced ten children
but ended in separation in 1858. In that year he began a series of
exhausting public readings; his health gradually declined. After
putting in a full day’s work at his home at Gads Hill, Kent on June
8, 1870, Dickens suffered a stroke, and he died the following
day.

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NABOKOV ON BLEAK HOUSE:
Excerpts from Lectures on Literature
by Vladimir Nabokov
Preface to the Charles Dickens Edition
Preface to the First Edition
(Ⅰ)
　1. In Chancery
　2. In Fashion
　3. A Progress
　4. Telescopic Philanthropy
(Ⅱ)
　5. A Morning Adventure
　6. Quite at Home
　7. The Ghost's Walk

NABOKOV ON BLEAK HOUSE: 
Excerpts from Lectures on Literature 
by Vladimir Nabokov 
Preface to the Charles Dickens Edition 
Preface to the First Edition 
(Ⅰ) 
　1. In Chancery 
　2. In Fashion 
　3. A Progress 
　4. Telescopic Philanthropy 
(Ⅱ) 
　5. A Morning Adventure 
　6. Quite at Home 
　7. The Ghost's Walk 
(Ⅲ) 
　8. Covering a Multitude of Sins 
　9. Signs and Tokens 
　10. The Law-Writer 
(Ⅳ) 
　11. Our Dear Brother 
　12. On the Watch 
　13. Esther's Narrative 
(Ⅴ) 
　14. Deportment 
　15. Bell Yard 
　16. Tom-all-Alone's 
(Ⅵ) 
　17. Esther's Narrative 
　18. Lady Dedlock 
　19. Moving On 
(Ⅶ) 
　20. A New Lodger  
　21. The Smallweed Family 
　22. Mr. Bucket 
(Ⅷ) 
　23. Esther's Narrative 
　24. An Appeal Case 
　25. Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All  
(Ⅸ) 
　26. Sharpshooters 
　27. More Old Soldiers Than One 
　28. The Ironmaster 
　29. The Young Man 
(Ⅹ) 
　30. Esther's Narrative 
　31. Nurse and Patient 
　32. The Appointed Time 
(Ⅹ) 
　33. Interlopers 
　34. A Turn of the Screw 
　35. Esther's Narrative 
…… 
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