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Bleak House

Charles Dickens

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Dickens' grandest, most virtuosic achievement, Bleak House combines two tales: the story of wealthy Lady Dedlock, recounted in the third person, and that of penniless Esther Summerson, told in her own words. The haughty noblewoman and the orphan are connected by the court case Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a tangle of disputed wills and disrupted inheritance that has tied up the High Court of Chancery for decades.
Inspired by an actual court case that dragged on for more than 50 years, Dickens drew upon his own experiences as a law clerk and plaintiff to enliven his novel, which remains utterly contemporary in its portrait of a system invested in making business for itself at the expense of its plaintiffs. In addition to its complex and compelling portrayal of the English judiciary, Bleak House is also a brilliant detective story in which a police officer, Inspector Bucket, uncovers a richly plotted tale of secrets, murder, and mystery.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Publish Date: Apr 19th, 2017
  • Pages: 672
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 4.90in - 1.60in - 0.90lb
  • EAN: 9780486812465
  • Categories: • Literary• Classics• World Literature - England - 19th Century

About the Author

After a childhood blighted by poverty, commercial success came early to Charles Dickens (1812-70). By the age of 24, he was an international sensation whose new novels were eagerly anticipated. Two centuries later, Dickens' popularity endures as readers revel in the warm humanity and rollicking humor of his tales of self-discovery.

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New history of Rome's heyday - Pax - out now! Dinosaur lover. Stonehenge Tunnel hater. A 'leading English cricketer' - The Times. Podcast: @theresthistory

"It would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.“ Charles Dickens in Bleak House https://t.co/ualNuwuBN7

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Jason Furman
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Jason Furman is an economist and professor.

If you're a big Dickens fan then you'll want to read Douglas-Fairhurst's The Turning Point, a microhistory of 1851 & Dickens starting to pen Bleak House. If you're only a medium Dickens fan then you're better off reading his earlier book, Becoming Dickens. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4199450688

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Pronoy Sarker is a book editor.

"The billowing corruption Messenger describes...feels like Charles Dickens’ Bleak House, and the comically swollen state bureaucracies...of Catch 22...a must-read for anyone who wants a readable, well-documented case for state justice system reform.” https://t.co/IEAF2sd5E4

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