Bleak HouseBleak 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. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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| Title | Bleak House Oxford World's Classics, ISSN 2755-4058 World's classics |
| Author | Charles Dickens |
| Editor | Stephen Gill |
| Contributor | Stephen Gill |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0199536317, 9780199536313 |
| Length | 945 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Classics Literary Criticism / General |
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