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Works of Charles Dickens: Bleak House: Chapters 61 - 67 and Character Analysis
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Bleak House: Chapters 61 - 67 and Character Analysis
Chapter Sixty-one: A Discovery
On her visits to Richard and Ada, Esther often meets Harold Skimpole,
idly playing the piano and exerting his harmful influence on Richard.
Disturbed by that influence, Esther leaves with "Charley" for Somers Town, in
an effort to persuade Skimpole to stay away. Surprisingly he agrees cheerful,
admitting the Richard and Ada are losing their "youthful poetry which was so
captivating" (and incidentally also losing their money). Since they are now
reduced to "prose," any ...
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