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Dickens' 17th important work, his 9th novel, his 1st utter masterpiece. Bleak House is gorgeous, powerful, and diffuse in a way that signals we're on to the author's third act, in which the vibrant characters and internal examination he had been trialling begin to come together. Apparently, as he got to the end of this novel, Dickens was finding his life and its burdensome pile of commitments to be a little much, but perhaps it was because he was giving more than ever to his work. Lady Dedlock and Esther both provide dimensional (well, at least bordering on two-dimensions, which is something for this guy) portraits into this maudlin world. The social satire of the Jarndyce case is barbed in a different way to Dickens' anger on the treatment of the poor: it is a more tongue-in-cheek satire about the inanities of humankind. Richard and Ada aren't exactly fountains of great depth, but their actions still contribute their detail to the many facets that make up this unified whole. While I think that Dorrit and Great Expectations are also masterpieces (and I haven't yet read Our Mutual Friend), Bleak House is absolutely the most Dickensian of CD's achievements. I had a mixed time with BH. Enjoyed the beginning, then the middle sagged before the quick gallop of plot developments at the end. I was glad to finish it though - it had outstayed its welcome by then. I had seen the BBC series (which is excellent) and I think that made the boring middle bits more bearable.
Bleak House represents the author at a perfectly poised late-middle moment in his extraordinary art. You have to embrace Bleak House for what it is – a rambling, confusing, verbose, over-populated, vastly improbable story which substitutes caricatures for people and is full of puns. In other words, an 800-page Dickens novel. Belongs to Publisher SeriesAlfaguara XIX (1) Everyman's Library (236) — 18 more insel taschenbuch (1110) New Century Library Works of Charles Dickens (Volume 10) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2011) Penguin English Library, 2012 series (2012-12) Riverside Editions (B5) Is contained inGesammelte Werke. Die Pickwickier, Nikals Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, Oliver Twist, Weihnachtsgeschichten, Bleakhaus, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ContainsHas the adaptationIs abridged inInspiredHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a studyHas as a supplementHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideAwardsNotable Lists
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HTML: A enthralling story about the inequalities of the 19th-century English legal system Bleak House is one of Charles Dicken's most multifaceted novels. Bleak House deals with a multiplicity of characters, plots and subplots that all weave in and around the true story of the famous case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a case of litigation in England's Court of Chancery, which starts as a problem of legacy and wills, but soon raises the question of murder. .No library descriptions found. |
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