description: 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.
language: English
title: Bleak House
titlecomplete: Bleak House
characters: Mr Tulkinghorn, Joshua Smallweed, Richard Carstone, William Guppy, Ada Clare, Harold Skimpole, Caroline Jellyby, Mr George, Mr Bucket, Charlotte Neckett, Lady Dedlock, Mr Snagsby, Jo, John Jarndyce, Esther Summerson, Allan Woodcourt, Sir Leicester Dedlock
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Mystery, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 107003
places: England
publisher: Penguin Audio