An edition of Bleak House (1850)

Bleak House

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An edition of Bleak House (1850)

Bleak House

  • 4.1 (12 ratings) ·
  • 135 Want to read
  • 12 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

Esther Summerson finds herself caught up in the frustrations of a seemingly unending law-case involving her generous guardian Mr Jarndyce and her wards Ada and Richard.Brought into contact with poverty and disease, Esther suffers a serious illness.
Meanwhile the unscrupulous lawyer Tulkinghorn seeks to expose the past of the wife of a rich aristocrat, and the secret of Esther's birth is revealed. But in the midst of tumultuous events, will she ever find love?

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Cover of: Bleak House
Bleak House
2017, Dover Publications
in English
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Bleak House
2017-05-29, LibriVox
in English
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Bleak House
2017, Standard Ebooks
in English
Cover of: Het Verlaten Huis
Het Verlaten Huis
2013-06-23, LibriVox
in Dutch
Cover of: Bleak House
Bleak House
2012-03-27, LibriVox
in English
Cover of: Huang liang shan zhuang
Huang liang shan zhuang: Bleak house : quan yi ben
2009, Chang jiang wen yi chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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Bleak House
2008, Orion Publishing Group, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Bleak House
2008, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: Bleak House
Bleak House
2008, Vintage Books
in English
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Bleak House
2008-01-23, LibriVox
in English
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Bleak House
1997-08-01, Project Gutenberg
in English
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Bleak House
1986, Folio Society
in English
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Bleak House
1985, Penguin Books
in English
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Bleak House
1985, Penguin Books
in English
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Bleak House
1953, Collins
in English
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Bleak house
1869, Printed at the Riverside Press
in English
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Bleak House
1868, Books, Inc.
in English

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OL24295570M
ISBN 13
9780297857211
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6B808097-8C8C-4620-A1B2-C6974C06235B

Work Description

As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dickens's most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.

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June 17, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
August 31, 2013 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'E-book' to 'eBook'
February 3, 2013 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'eBook' to 'E-book'; Removed author from Edition (author found in Work)
November 16, 2012 Edited by BETHANY J COOPER merge authors
June 23, 2010 Created by ImportBot Imported from marc_overdrive MARC record