Which character spontaneously combusts in Charles Dickens's Bleak House (1852)?

Krook, the junk merchant, spontaneously combusts in Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.

Krook, the junk merchant.

How many historical novels did Charles Dickens write? Charles Dickens wrote two historical novels: A Tale of Two Cities (1859), set in London and Paris during the French Revolution, and Barnaby Rudge (1841), set during the anti-Catholic riots sparked by Lord…
When were Tinkertoys invented? In 1913, Illinois stonemason Charles Pajean brought the toy he created for his children to the American Toy Fair in New York City. Within one year, 1 million Tinkertoy sets had been sold.
Was the author of the James Bond novels ever an agent himself? Yes. Ian Fleming (1908-1964), the author of the James Bond novels began his intelligence work during World War II, when he served as the director of Naval Intelligence in Britain. After D Day,…
What does Sartor Resartus mean? The title of Carlyle's 1833-34 satire on German philosophy Sartor Resartus means "the tailor retailored" in Latin. It comments on the work of the fictitious Diogenes Teufelsdrockh, philosopher of clothes.
What Charles Dickens novel exposed the “ragged schools” and helped get them abolished? The Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby (1838-390) exposed the "ragged schools" and helped get them abolished.
In what business were Dombey and Son in Charles Dickens’s 1847-48 novel? In Charles Dickens's 1847-48 novel of that name, Dombey and Son was a shipping firm.