Bleak House by Charles Dickens Intro

I have wanted to read Charles Dickens, as his novels were originally published in serial form, for some time. But, with one thing and another it has taken me this long to get round to it.

I thought I would start with Bleak House which is one of his books that I have read – even if it was about ten years ago…wow I didn't realise it had been that long till I thought about it.

Some Bleak House Facts!

So, Bleak House was published in 19 monthly segments between March 1852 and September 1853.

I am not going to be exact and wait a month between reads. After all, I have the whole book sitting here and have nowhere near the self-control and patience needed to hold back, or spend over a year reading the same book.

Ain’t gonna happen!

To start things of it is going to be weekly and I’ll go from there.

   

I’ll read it as the poor folks back in 1852 would have been able to. Stop. And then, review.

This is going to be great fun.

See you next week!

PS – Here are the original posting dates for Bleak House if you would like to follow along.

1 - Chapter 1-4 – March 1852

2 - Chapter 5-7 – April 1852

3 - Chapter 8-10 – May 1852

4 - Chapter 11-13 – June 1852    

5 - Chapter 14-16 – July 1852

6 - Chapter 17-19 – August 1852

7 - Chapter 20-22 – September 1852

8 - Chapter 23-25 – October 1852

9 - Chapter 26-29 – November 1852

10 - Chapter 30-32 – December 1852

11 - Chapter 33-35 – January 1853

12 - Chapter 36-38 – February 1853

13 - Chapter 39-42 – March 1853

14 - Chapter 43-46 – April 1853

15 - Chapter 47-49 – May 1853

16 - Chapter 50-53 – June 1853

17 - Chapter 54-56 – July 1853

18 - Chapter 57-59 – August 1853

19 - Chapter 60-67 - September 1853 (The final instalment was a double issue)

WARNING!

I don’t want to give everything away but with the way I’ll be posting SPOILERS will be inevitable. I won’t be covering every plot point and sneeze but I will be mentioning things that jump out at me.