Dame Durden
in an old English song, a famous housewife. In Dickens' Bleak House the careful and conscientious Esther Summerson is affectionately called "Dame Durden" by Mr. Jarndyce, owner of "Bleak House."
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in an old English song, a famous housewife. In Dickens' Bleak House the careful and conscientious Esther Summerson is affectionately called "Dame Durden" by Mr. Jarndyce, owner of "Bleak House."