Bleak House
(Book)
Author
Published
London : Folio Society, 2004.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xix, 874 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Lexile measure
1180L
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Published
London : Folio Society, 2004.
Language
English
Lexile measure
1180
Notes
Description
Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections - between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an uncaring society more imaginatively embodied, but nowhere either is the mixture of comedy and angry satire more deftly managed. Bleak House defies a single description. It is a mystery story, in which Esther Summerson discovers the truth about her birth and her unknown mother's tragic life. It is a murder story, which comes to a climax in a thrilling chase, led by one of the earliest detectives in English fiction, Inspector Bucket. And it is a fable about redemption, in which a bleak house is transformed by the resilience of human love.
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FICTION
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dickens, C., Browne, H. K., & Ackroyd, P. (2004). Bleak House . Folio Society.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, Hablot Knight Browne and Peter Ackroyd. 2004. Bleak House. London: Folio Society.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, Hablot Knight Browne and Peter Ackroyd. Bleak House London: Folio Society, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dickens, Charles, Hablot Knight Browne, and Peter Ackroyd. Bleak House Folio Society, 2004.
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