Bleak House

By Dickens, Charles|Bradbury, Nicola|Bradbury, Nicola
Bleak House

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Authors: Dickens, Charles|Bradbury, Nicola|Bradbury, Nicola
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780141439723
ISBN10: 0141439726
Page Count: 1088
Dimensions: 5.1x2.0x7.8
Publisher: Penguin Classics

Strand Notes

Often considered Dickens's masterpiece, the novel blends together several literary genres - detective fiction, romance, melodrama & satire - to create an unforgettable portrait of the decay and corruption at the heart of English law and society in the Victorian era. The novel revolves around a court case that had dragged on for decades - the infamous Jarndyce & Jarndyce law suit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal fees. 1,036p.

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Often considered Dickens's masterpiece, the novel blends together several literary genres - detective fiction, romance, melodrama & satire - to create an unforgettable portrait of the decay and corruption at the heart of English law and society in the Victorian era. The novel revolves around a court case that had dragged on for decades - the infamous Jarndyce & Jarndyce law suit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal fees. 1,036p.
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