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 their victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an uncaring
society more imaginatively embodied, and nowhere is the mixture of comedy and angry satire more deftly managed.
society more imaginatively embodied, and nowhere is the mixture of comedy and angry satire more deftly managed.
Détails du livre
Format
Relié
Pages
880 pages
Langue
Anglais
Publié
janv. 1, 1987
Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Éditions
754 éditions
ISBN-10
0192545035
ISBN-13
9780192545039
Genres
Avis
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Long and drawn out, much like the central case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. This is three or four books shoved into one, and it's extremely difficult to get through.
August 28th 2026
I decided to read this having watched Dickensian on the BBC as I wanted to find out more about the Barbery sisters. I had seen Bleak House on TV many years ago so knew the general gist.I do love Dickens but some chapters I found hard work. There were a few chapters - generally about the more minor characters - that I just couldn't grasp so I couldn't focus on what was supposed to be happening i.e. George, Smallweed. The wider story was very engaging and as usual Dickens character descriptions were second to none.
March 14th 2016