Bleak House
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: eBook
ISBN-13: 9780297857211
Description: Esther Summerson finds herself caught up in the frustrations of a seemingly unending law-case involving her generous guardian Mr Jarndyce and her wards Ada and Richard.Brought into contact with poverty and disease, Esther suffers a serious illness.
Meanwhile the unscrupulous lawyer Tulkinghorn seeks to expose the past of the wife of a rich aristocrat, and the secret of Esther's birth is revealed. But in the midst of tumultuous events, will she ever find love?