The lawyer Tulkinghorn is murdered by Mademoiselle Hortense before he can release that the narrator's mother is Lady Dedlock, while Ada Clare's husband, Richard Carstone, dies of frustration related to the interminable lawsuit of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce.  
The protagonist of this novel turns out to be the daughter of Captain Hawdon, and marries Allan Woodcourt after being released from another engagement.  The lawyer Tulkinghorn is murdered by Mademoiselle Hortense before he can release that the narrator's mother is Lady Dedlock, while Ada Clare's husband, Richard Carstone, dies of frustration related to the interminable lawsuit of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce.  FTP, identify this book centering on Esther Summerson, a work of Charles Dickens.
The protagonist of this novel turns out to be the daughter of Captain Hawdon, and marries Allan Woodcourt after being released from another engagement.  
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