# Jenny — Bleak House character guide

> Jenny in Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-vii-the-ghost-s-walk

## Who they are

A poor brickmaker's wife who befriends Esther and Lady Dedlock.

## In the story

### [XLVI: Stop Him!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bleak_house_se/chapters/xlvi-stop-him)

The woman sitting on the doorstep who has been searching for Jo. She explains that Jo was kind to her when he was ill at Saint Albans, and that the young lady (Esther) took him in. She is relieved to have found Jo.

### [LIX: Esther’s Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bleak_house_se/chapters/lix-esther-s-narrative)

The mother of the dead child; lies senseless at the gate and is connected to Lady Dedlock's flight.

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