Description
'Perhaps his best novel ... when Dickens wrote Bleak House he had grown up' G. K. Chesterton
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 Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, a destitute crossing-sweeper. A savage 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 London slums.
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Nicola Bradbury with a Preface by Terry Eagleton
About the Author
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist before establishing his reputation as a novelist with PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years.
Nicola Bradbury is Lecturer in English at the University of Reading.
Reviews
"Perhaps Bleak House is his best novel. . . . When Dickens wrote Bleak House he had grown up." -G. K. Chesterton
Awards
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.
Book Information
ISBN 9780141439723
Author Charles Dickens
Format Paperback
Page Count 1088
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 735g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 45mm
