Bleak House

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Charles Dickens Stephen Gill (Reader in English Literature, University of Oxford; Fellow and Tutor, Reader in English Literature, University of Oxford; Fellow and Tutor, Lincoln College, Oxford)

Bleak House

Charles Dickens, Stephen Gill (Reader in English Literature, University of Oxford; Fellow and Tutor, Reader in English Literature, University of Oxford; Fellow and Tutor, Lincoln College, Oxford)

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Worlds Classics
08 May 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Oxford World's Classics

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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By: Charles Dickens
Edited by: Stephen Gill (Reader in English Literature University of Oxford; Fellow and Tutor Reader in English Literature University of Oxford; Fellow and Tutor Lincoln College Oxford)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 667g
ISBN: 9780199536313
ISBN 10: 0199536317
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 992
Publication Date: 08 May 2008
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active