A woman in this novel spends all her time writing letters for charities in Africa but ignores the fact that her child's head is stuck in a banister.
A woman in this novel spends all her time writing letters for charities in Africa but ignores the fact that her child's head is stuck in a banister. This novel begins with a description of so much mud that one might see a Megalosaurus and "Fog everywhere." A character in this novel who "honors" others by letting them pay his bills is named Mr. Skimpole. George Henry Lewes complained about the death of rag-and-bottle merchant Krook by (*) spontaneous combustion in this novel. Lady Dedlock goes undercover as her maid in order to discover that this novel's narrator is her daughter. Richard Carstone and Ada Clare marry and receive an inheritance, but find that the legal fees for disputing it have spent it all. For 10 points, name this novel narrated by Esther Summerson about the Jarndyce v. Jarndyce Chancery court case, by Charles Dickens.
A woman in this novel spends all her time writing letters for charities in Africa but ignores the fact that her child's head is stuck in a banister.
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