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108,798 ratings5,528 reviews. The complex story of a notorious law-suit in which love and inheritance are set against the classic urban background of 19th-century London, where fog on the river, seeping into the very bones of the characters, symbolizes the corruption of the legal system and the society which supports it.
Bleak House Full Book Summary. Esther Summerson describes her childhood and says she is leaving for the home of a new guardian, Mr. Jarndyce, along with Ada Clare and Richard Carstone. On the way to the home, called Bleak House, they stop overnight at the Jellybys’ chaotic home.
Apr 29, 2003 · Bleak House (Penguin Classics) Paperback – Illustrated, April 29, 2003. by Charles Dickens (Author) 4.4 5,421 ratings. See all formats and editions. Charles Dickens's masterful assault on the injustices of the British legal system.
Bleak House, published serially from 1852 to 1853, is a novel by Charles Dickens that explores themes of social class, justice, and the nature of identity. The novel is narrated by Esther Summerson, a young woman who is raised by her godmother and who eventually becomes embroiled in a long-running legal case known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce.
In Bleak House I have purposely dwelt upon the romantic side of familiar things. 1853 *Transcriber’s note. This referred to a specific page in the printed book. ... One sunny afternoon when I had come home from school with my books and portfolio, watching my long shadow at my side, and as I was gliding upstairs to my room as usual, my ...
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Apr 29, 2003 · Charles Dickens. Penguin Publishing Group, Apr 29, 2003 - Fiction - 1088 pages. Charles Dickens's masterful assault on the injustices of the British legal system.
