Bleak House

Charles Dickens, Nicola Bradbury

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Penguin
02 January 2012

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

Dickens's sweeping family saga, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

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.

By: Charles Dickens
Introduction by: Nicola Bradbury
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 51mm
Weight: 943g
ISBN: 9780141198354
ISBN 10: 0141198354
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Pages: 1088
Publication Date: 02 January 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812. He is the author of such Classics as Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield. In later works, such as Bleak House and Little Dorrit, Dickens's social criticism became more radical and his comedy more savage. His last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, was never completed and he died on 9 June 1870.