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      • When John Jarndyce discovers that Esther’s true love is young Doctor Woodcourt, he releases her from her promise to marry him and in his generosity brings the two lovers together. Before her wedding, John Jarndyce takes her to see a country house he bought in Yorkshire. He named it Bleak House, and it is his wedding present to the bride and groom.
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  2. In London, Woodcourt runs into Jo on the street and gives him some food. He discovers that Jo once stayed with Esther. Jo tells him that a man forced him to leave and that he’s now scared of running into him. Woodcourt helps Jo find a hiding place at George’s Shooting Gallery. Jo soon dies.

  3. Mr. Woodcourt is a young surgeon, the son of Mrs. Woodcourt, and the eventual husband of Esther Summerson. Mr. Woodcourt is a generous and loyal young man who dedicates his life to his career and spends his time as a doctor caring for the poor rather than the rich.

  4. Bleak House Summary. Lady Dedlock, the wife of aristocratic nobleman Sir Leicester Dedlock, is extremely bored in her fashionable London townhouse. She is considered a cold, haughty woman, but there is a rumor that she is not of noble birth and that Sir Leicester married her despite this.

  5. Allan Woodcourt, a young surgeon called to minister to the dead Nemo, requests an inquest. One of the witnesses called is Jo, a crossing sweeper Nemo befriended. A short time later, Jo is found...

  6. Mrs. Woodcourt is Mr. Woodcourt ’s mother and becomes the mother-in-law of Esther Summerson. She is a friend of Mr. Jarndyce ’s and often visits his house. Mrs. Woodcourt is a proud woman and claims that she comes from a noble Welsh family which is not recognized by the British aristocracy.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bleak_HouseBleak House - Wikipedia

    Synopsis. Jarndyce and Jarndyce is an interminable law case in the Court of Chancery, concerning two or more wills and their beneficiaries. Frontispiece, Chesney Wold, home of Sir Leicester Dedlock. Sir Leicester Dedlock and his wife Honoria live on his estate at Chesney Wold. Lady Dedlock is a beneficiary under one of the wills.

  8. Bleak House is a novel by English Victorian author Charles Dickens, published between 1852-1853. The expansive narrative covers many plots, including the first-person account of the life of Esther Summerson and an ongoing court case concerning a large inheritance thrown into chaos by the existence of contradictory wills.

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