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Mentioned in comparison to the lengthy court case, with reference to 'Jandice and Jandice' (Jarndyce and Jarndyce). The hosts ask if Dickens had already written Bleak House at this point, noting it was published about 20 years before the Tichborne trial.

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Referenced in connection with the character Mr. Turvey Drop and the dancing school that once operated in the Lady Chapel space - 'And then, Mr. Turvey Drop, isn't it? Yeah, that's right. From Bleak House.'

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Mentioned for Inspector Bucket as an example of Dickens being a progenitor of detective fiction

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Referenced when discussing how dinosaurs were cutting-edge in Victorian times. Tom notes that 'in Bleak House, in the opening paragraph, Dickens fixes on... the mists that are kind of filling London. And he says that it wouldn't be a surprise to see a megalosaurus walking up Hoban Hill' - described as a 'cutting edge reference' for the time.

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Mentioned for introducing Inspector Bucket as a prototype for later detective characters