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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-46.1.113
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
M a t t h e w R u b e r y n Dickens's Bleak House, Miss Flite invites the w a rds in Jarn dyce to her lo dg ing s w ith the w a rnin g: "Youth, and hope, and beauty are v e ry seldom there. It is a long, lo ng tim e since I had a v is it fro m either."1 It is one th in g fo r the novel to describe th is interval fo r an audience. It is another th in g to make us experience fo r ourselves the "lo n g , lo ng tim e " elapsed since the endless Chancery suit drove away fro m her d o o r all y o u th fu l bloom . Yet th is is exactly w h a t serial publication o f Dickens's novel ob lig ated readers to do by dra w in g o u t its reception over a span o f one and a h a lf years. If w e begin th e novel as spectators to the o n g o in g Chancery suit, by the
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2008