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Bleak House

Bleak House: Crime Classics

Paperback Published on: 01/11/2008
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Synopsis

Dickens' Bleak House is a literary classic

The case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce - a dispute over a vast fortune left by a miser who died intestate - has occupied the Court of Chancery for years. When Lady Dedlock faints upon recognizing the handwriting in one of the documents pertaining to the case, her sinister lawyer, Tulkinghorn, immediately suspects a hidden secret - and an opportunity for blackmail... But he is playing a dangerous game, and is soon found dead: a victim of murder. It is down to Detective Inspector Bucket to solve the mystery.

Dickens was fascinated by the sensational crime cases of his day. His preoccupations - with crime and the legal system, with social injustice - are dramatically evident in Bleak House: at once a classic crime novel and a classic of world literature.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • ISBN: 9781843548539
  • Number of pages: 960
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 57 mm
  • Weight: 760g

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Bleak House
Great book
I really enjoyed this book
Charles Dickens
Bleak House
While Dickens is an incredible writer the sheer amount of characters and interlocking story lines, not to mention the many complexities of the legal system... READ MORE
Ecowitch
Bleak House
Bleak House
This book had been on my bookshelf to read since I was 15. Each year I would pick it up, and tail off somewhere around page 30 concluding that my taste jus... READ MORE
Vee
Bleak House
More life than bleakness
I have always been a believer of Dickens in wintertime. There is something about the darkness of his work, so clear in title ‘Bleak house’ and the metaphor... READ MORE
Serraphina Robinson
Bleak House
Not so Bleak but a bit meandering
I went into this book with high hopes. So many people had messaged me to say it was a favourite of theirs and I really wanted to love it. I enjoyed it, but... READ MORE
Laura
Bleak House
Breathtaking
I was only going to read the first chapter but it so in depth imagination that I can feel and smell everything that is in the book. The only downside to ... READ MORE
Freya Bradley
Bleak House
Purple prose - but brilliant story
Bleak House tells the complex story of a notorious lawsuit set in 19th-century London, where fog symbolizes the corruption of the legal system. If you enjo... READ MORE
Laura McToal
Bleak House
Tremendous.
Just finished this marathon book, amazing. So many interlinked characters and stories over nearly 1300 pages make it well worth your while. Dickens' Great ... READ MORE
Neil Davis