
Bleak House (Annotated): Illustrated
Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens. Includes all 40 illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, co...
File Size: 8287 KB
Print Length: 935 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 148488647X
Publisher: BookRix (May 22, 2014)
Publication Date: May 22, 2014
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00KMPJRG6
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“If you're looking for a reading edition of *Bleak House*, as far as I am concerned, this is the one to get..More than most Dickens novels, this one needs annotations if you're really going to understand the target of the satire: the pre-1852 English ...”
plex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon.The story is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by a mostly omniscient narrator. Memorable characters include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, the friendly but depressive John Jarndyce, and the childish and disingenuous Harold Skimpole, as well as the likeable but imprudent Richard Carstone.At the novel's core is long-running litigation in England's Court of Chancery, Jarndyce v Jarndyce, which has far-reaching consequences for all involved. This case revolves around a testator who apparently made several wills. The litigation, which already has taken many years and consumed between £60,000 and £70,000 in court costs, is emblematic of the failure of Chancery.
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