"The Characters in the Story" — Furniss's engraved title-page for Dickens's "Bleak House" (1910) (original) (raw)

The Characters in the Story

Harry Furniss

1910

14.2 x 9.8 cm vignetted

Dickens's Bleak House, The Charles Dickens Library Edition, facing XI, the frontispiece.

In the Charles Dickens Library Edition, Furniss complements his usual engraved title-page, Characters in the Story, with forty-four lively illustrations anticipating the novel's ninety-six named characters and situations.

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Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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