Bleak House
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Contributors
Slater, Michael, author of introduction, etc.
McCracken, Elizabeth author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Status
Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
Dickens
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Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 939 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Originally published by Signet Classics, 1964.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 937-939).
Description
Bleak House opens in the twilight of foggy London, where fog grips the city most densely in the Court of Chancery. The obscure case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs, the romance of Esther Summerson and the secrets of her origin, the sleuthing of Detective Inspector Bucket and the fate of Jo the crossing-sweeper, these are some of the lives Dickens invokes to portray London society, rich and poor, as no other novelist has done. Bleak House, in its atmosphere, symbolism and magnificent bleak comedy, is often regarded as the best of Dickens. A 'great Victorian novel', it is so inventive in its competing plots and styles that it eludes interpretation.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, C., Slater, M., & McCracken, E. (2011). Bleak House . Signet Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, Michael, Slater and Elizabeth McCracken. 2011. Bleak House. Signet Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, Michael, Slater and Elizabeth McCracken. Bleak House Signet Classics, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dickens, Charles, Michael Slater, and Elizabeth McCracken. Bleak House Signet Classics, 2011.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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