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    Bleak House
    Bleak House
    Bleak House
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    Bleak House

    By Charles Dickens and Sheba Blake

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    Bleak House is one of Charles Dickens's major novels.

    The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and the story is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of Bleak House is the long-running legal case, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which came about because someone wrote several conflicting wills. This legal case is used by Dickens to satirise the English judicial system, and he makes use of his earlier experiences as a law clerk, and as a litigant seeking to enforce copyright on his earlier books.

    Though the legal profession criticised Dickens's satire as exaggerated, this novel helped support a judicial reform movement, which culminated in the enactment of legal reform in the 1870s.

    There is some debate among scholars as to when Bleak House is set. The English legal historian Sir William Holdsworth sets the action in 1827; however, reference to preparation for the building of a railway in Chapter LV suggests the 1830s.

    Sir Leicester Dedlock and his wife Lady Honoria live on his estate at Chesney Wold. Unknown to Sir Leicester, Lady Dedlock had a lover, Captain Hawdon, before she married – and had a daughter by him. Lady Dedlock believes her daughter is dead.

    The daughter, Esther, is in fact alive, and being raised by Miss Barbary, Lady Dedlock's sister. Esther does not know Miss Barbary is her aunt. After Miss Barbary dies, John Jarndyce becomes Esther's guardian and assigns the Chancery lawyer "Conversation" Kenge to take charge of her future. After attending school for six years, Esther moves in with him at Bleak House.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSheba Blake Publishing
    Release dateFeb 27, 2018
    ISBN9783963619007
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    Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced ‘Oliver Twist’, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.

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    • 5/5
      Picked this up in London - had been promising myself to spend a bit of time on Dickens over the next few months.
    • 3/5
      A good winter read, but I feel like it must have worked better as originally published in monthly installments. As a novel, it feels bloated and overstuffed, with far too many characters and subplots gumming up the works. The satire on the legal machinations is excellent, however.
    • 5/5
      Loved it.I haven't read a classic novel for a while, so I found it slow going for the 50 pages or so. But once I became used to the writing style, it turned into a page turner. Dickens is such a wonderful author with a sharp sense of humour and a way of describing society's structures and people that I really enjoy reading. In this novel, he writes a lot from a woman's perspective and displays a sympathy and understanding that I think was far beyond the norm for his time. A great story that explores themes of obsession, of living in the present without focusing too much on either the past or the future and all the many relationships that make up our lives.
    • 5/5
      I knocked off a half star because of that absurdity concerning spontaneous combustion.
    • 5/5
      Masterpiece!
    • 3/5
      Liked: all the parts with Mr George, Mr and Mrs Bagnet ("Discipline must be maintained!"), Mr Guppy and Sir Leicester and Lady DedlockDisliked: overlong explanations of politics and the legal system (yawn), very-much-too-good-to-be-trueness of Allan Woodcourt and Esther Summerson, annoying passivity of Ada, idiotic behaviour of Richard, over-reliance on coincidences (trademark of Dickens's, it seems), the way people like Mr Skimpole so much (why doesn't he ever end up in the Marshalsea?)
    • 5/5
      I listened to this very long audiobook. I believe there were 34 parts, most of which were over an hour long. That's a lot of listening but I never found it tedious. In fact I could hardly wait until I had the next opportunity to listen to it. Simon Vance, the narrator, did a terrific job of all the different characters.Dickens was no fan of the legal system and that shows clearly in this book which revolves around a case in Chancery court, Jarndyce v. Jarndyce. I never did figure out what the dispute was but I am not alone in this. None of the many solicitors involved understood the case but that didn't stop them from representing some interest. John Jarndyce, one of the primary litigants, never went to court and he had no belief that it would ever be settled. John became guardian to a young woman, Esther Summerson, who had previously been raised by her aunt. When the aunt died Jarndyce took over care of Esther, sending her to school and then bringing her to Bleak House to help him raise two orphaned relatives, Ada and Richard. Ada and Richard are also parties in the litigation but Jarndyce never allows this fact to impair his treatment of them. As Ada and Richard grow up they fall in love. Richard cannot settle to any occupation having tried medicine, the law and the military in turn. Then he devotes himself to the lawsuit and turns agains John Jarndyce. These are only the main characters in the book. There are a host of other characters who interact with Ada and Richard and Esther and Mr. Jarndyce. Some of them are comical, like the perennially broke Mr. Skimpole; some of them are tragic like Lady Deadlock who bore an illegititmate child that she thought had died at birth. One of my favourite minor characters was Mr. George, formerly a military man, who runs a shooting gallery in London. George is in debt to a money-lender and, although he works hard and lives meagrely, he seems to have no way of paying off his debt. When he was charged with murdering the lawyer who represented the money-lender I was sure he couldn't be responsible.As always Dickens' portraits of the poor are heart-wrenching. There are a lot of deaths in this book, more than I remember in other Dickens' novels. So it certainly is not a light-hearted book. However, I very much enjoyed listening to it.
    • 5/5
      Brilliant both times I've read it.
    • 3/5
      Oh my god, this took me forever. I started it as a book club read-a-long but I got so far behind, I had to drop out. I habitually struggle with Dickens as an author - I loved Great Expectations but didn't enjoy A Tale of Two Cities. I'm half and half on this book. I enjoyed the storyline bones, but really missed a lot of main points without supplementing my reading with SparkNotes (mainly because I never fully immersed myself in it, so I skimmed). I'm glad to mark this behemoth as read and plan on watching the BBC television movie. Bleak House, you were my Everest.
    • 4/5
      Long have I intended to attempt reading Dickens, since I felt judging solely off the much overdone A Christmas Carol was unfair. I chose Bleak House because the BBC miniseries is absolutely amazing. The book was quite enjoyable as well, if a bit slow to get through at times; the miniseries really captured the essence of the novel. The best parts of the book are always the ones told from the perspective of Esther Summerson; the other sections are told by an omniscient narrator and tend to focus on the subsidiary characters of less interest to me.
    • 4/5
      After running out of renewals (twice!) before I opened the book, I finally just went out and purchased Charles Dickens' "Bleak House." (I check out too many long books from the library at once.) I did enjoy reading "Bleak House" but I'm pretty sure I'll never read it again -- it definitely wasn't my favorite novel by Dickens.The novel, published serially, tells the story of a variety of characters mainly associated with the Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce lawsuit -- a battle over a succession of wills that has dragged on so long, the original parties are deceased. As the lawsuit winds it way slowly through court, those who might benefit from its conclusion continue on with their lives in London.I mostly liked the story, even though the characters weren't the strongest. Dickens' way of neatly wrapping things up at the end of the story always irks me and this book was no exception. There are a few twists in the book that were unexpected, which pushed this up to a 3.5 rating for me, rather than a 3.
    • 3/5
      Wow. Does this book EVER end? It's occasionally humorous, but none of it really reached out to me or made me invested in the characters or events.
    • 2/5
      The only way I can comprehend the length of this book is that it was serialized...?Not only is the plot way overdrawn, but it is predictable and pointless, unless you care about Chancery.The characters are either way too precious and good or utterly stupidly unbearable.It's hard to believe that the same man wrote A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
    • 5/5
      One of his best!!
    • 4/5
      Robert Whitfield is a good reader, but some of the women's and children's voices sound a bit unnatural (particularly Caddy and Charley). The novel Bleak House of course gets 5 stars.
    • 5/5
      Massive. Wordy. Complex. Intense. Worth it.

      I immersed myself in this work for the month of March. Not a day slipped by that I wasn't involved with one of the one hundred plus characters met along the way. Now that my reading experience has been completed, I already find that I will miss the twists, turns, and even the predictable events that befell these intertwined creations.


    • 2/5
      I remember basically nothing about this book other than that I read it when I was extremely bored at my Nan's house. I might reread it at some point.
    • 4/5
      Interessantes und sehr langes Werk von Charles Dickens über einen Erbschaftsstreit (Jarndyce gegen Jarndyce), aber auch über das Leben der jungen Esther Summerson. Viele Motive, viele Personen-trotzdem kann man dem Buch gut folgen. Dickens´ Schreibstil, sein leiser Humor, seine soziale Anklage, seine Personen sind auch nach über 150 Jahren noch völlig aktuell.Jetzt schaue ich mir noch die BBC-Verfilmung an: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV_rbl5hQg8
    • 5/5
      Probably my favorite Dickens novel I've read to date. A friend of mine was surprised because there's "a WHOLE CHAPTER ON MUD." But I think Dickens makes some astute and far-reaching social commentary in this, something he was really starting to hone with Hard Times.
    • 5/5
      At All Ears, we often recommend that children both read along with a book as they listen to the audio version - it helps them comprehend and retain more from the book. Recently, some of our adult customers mentioned that they also do this. I decided to give this a try with Bleak House by Charles Dickens. One reason I chose this book is that I love reading Dickens - his books are funny and such wonderful social commentary. And they are incredibly long - I've heard that he was paid by the word (he must have been very wealthy). I had an audio version of Bleak House narrated by Robert Whitfield (aka Simon Vance), one of my favorite narrators. Since it was a dilemma which I would enjoy more, listening or reading this book and I wanted to finish it quickly (relatively), I decided to do both. What a great experience! Vance's wide variety of accents and voices made the characters come alive. And taking time to read chapters allowed me to better understand all of the intricate plot twists and numberous characters in this long (33 hours/889 pages) book. This is my favorite Dickens book (so far). It had just the right combination of satire, mystery, and epic novel. And hats off to Simon Vance - phenomenal narration!
    • 5/5
      One of my all time favourites. Loved it.

      © Koplowitz 2011

    • 4/5
      It took me almost 18 months to read this book completely through. I can`t explain why it took so long, as I did like the book and found the characters engaging. It may have been the edition I had, which had cramped and small typeface which meant after 5 pages I found myself tired. Taking so long to read the book didn`t help me in keeping the characters straight as they all had Dickensian names and would not reappear for hundreds of pages. My own fault.As I said, I found the characters engaging. Every once in a while I would be annoyed with a characters behaviour but as the book went on I found that behaviour was either repented or seen as ridiculous by the narrator of most chapters, Esther. Esther is the charcter that most of Bleak House revolves around and almost all plot points and characters can be tied to her at some point during the story. Though at times, she seems too good to be true, she is likeable and one of the truly most unselfish characters that I have ever come across. Despite the long process is was for me to get through the book, I really did enjoy and feel I will carry the characters with me for a long time.
    • 5/5
      Bleak House is a book that has it all: murder, adultery, romance, blackmail, and a touch of the gothic. I have to admit to a bit of a tear at the end, to which my husband says "what? Crying over a book?" My response: you've got no soul. I think it would be difficult not to be moved by this book even a little. My edition also had reproductions of the original artist illustrations. I very highly recommend this one!I can't even begin to summarize because of the complexities of the plot and many subplots, but there are a number of very good analyses available on the internet should you be so inclined. The barebones outline is this: the books starts and ends with the case of Jarndyce & Jarndyce, a lawsuit which has been going on for so long that most of the principals involved have long since passed on. It has become somewhat of a joke in the court of Chancery, an institution that Dickens strongly criticizes by painting a vivid picture of the court's ineptitude, of lawyers whose sole job is to create business for themselves, and of those who find their interests tied up completely in the hands of lawyers & of the courts. Because of this lawsuit, two cousins are taken under the care of one John Jarndyce, who also brings along Esther Summerson as his ward. The story focuses on the fortunes and misfortunes of this group of people, along with several supporting characters and their stories. To go beyond this would be to give the show away, but I can say that this book's strong suit is (as is usual in a Dickens novel) the characterizations. The imagery in this novel is also a part of the story as is the commentary on existing social conditions and his critique of such things as the chancery courts, lawyers, old institutions that should have long passed out of existence, the missionary & do-gooder zeal, and the various types of dandies, fops and leeches that lived off of others.I very highly recommend this book to anyone who may be interested; it is long and it can get complicated, but it is a sterling example of the work of Charles Dickens, and should not be missed.
    • 4/5
      Fun read and much better than I anticipated from the title or jacket blurb. I thought it would be really depressing because it dealt with a court case and injustice. Turned out to be pretty typical Dickens: Wordy, sentimental, large cast and, finally a happy ending. I give it four stars because it was so engrossing that it left a Bleak House shaped hole in my reader's heart. I feel some regret that I'm done.
    • 4/5
      I believe this book is considered Dickens' best work. It certainly is the longest. A major soap opera full of characters which run the gamut from impoverished street urchin to titled rich, families completely dysfunctional to loving and supportive. The plot centers on a court case that has been running for years and involves a legacy left to two young cousins. Esther emerges on the scene from a home with a bitter, hard woman. She comes as a ward to one of the Jarndyces in the law suit who appreciates her organized, loving ways and immediately puts her in charge of his home, Bleak House.This is a very long, convoluted book and I highly recommend reading this on an Ebook and saving your eyesight and hands. It is certainly well worth the effort.
    • 4/5
      Blimy - that took some reading! It took me a very long time to get into this, but at about 2/3rds distance it suddenly takes flight and the previous 600 odd pages start to come together into something where you start to care what is happening. Not necessarily to the lead characters, Esther is (for me) too docile and dutiful, Ada too indistinct and a makes a cake of herself over Richard, he's a wastrel and doesnt deserve to have Ada or the consideration he gains. No, it;s not the leads that are the characters that capture the attention, it's the supporting cast that are where the interest lies. Guppy with his ill fated proposal, Allan Woodcourt who is hero material - just waiting to find his niche (in stark contrast to Richard). Poor Miss Flite, who is such a warning to those considering embroiling themselves in Chancercy. Trooper George and the Bagnets (who have a home life you have to admire). even the less likable characters, Skimpole, Smallweed, Tulkinghorn, all have something about them that captures the imagination.I'm not sure that the narrator and Esther's narration really worked. Esther, at times, sounds like she knows more than the could/should at the time mentioned, meaning that she is not clearly differentiated from the narrator's voice. Meaning it has a similar tone throughout. I'm pleased I've read it, and glad to have got through it, but I'm not sure I can see myself wading through the first 600 pages, even for the fun ride that the last 300 odd produced.
    • 3/5
      This was a loooooong book, especially since the first third was a real struggle to get through. However, as the plot continued to thicken and then thicken some more, as new interesting characters continued to join the scene, and as I grew more used to the writing style this became more enjoyable. Though overly verbose, Dickens does a wonderful job creating a litany of quirky characters, some of whom are quite funny, some quite useless (Skimpole, Turveydrop), some cruel, and some so overly kind you get a toothache from reading them. I think Joe and Caddy are my favorites. Joe is just so much himself, a little orphan just trying to make his way, getting caught up in things so much bigger than him. Caddy has a wonderful transformation, all through her own efforts in a desperate attempt to live her life well.Jarndyce, Esther, Richard, and Ada are my least favorites, partly because they are the least interesting. Both Jarndyce and Esther are so kind and good as to have no flaws (meh). Richard is completely illogical about money and law that he's hard to respect. Ada has almost no personality beyond loving Richard and it's hard to get a sense of her at all.Overall reading Bleak House was a good experience. Not my favorite reading experience and I'm not jumping to read it again, but there were aspects I enjoy and Dickens surprised several times over toward the end (both in plot and characters being more complex than I thought). It's just so wordy!
    • 4/5
      David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, and Great Expectations are all favorite books I'll read multiple times in my lifetime. Bleak House is not. The plot centers on a chancery case involving the heirs to Jarndyce wills. The case is so complicated that no one can understand it – not the lawyers, not the parties to the case, not the judges, and apparently not Dickens, since he never really explains it to readers. With the exception of Lady Dedlock and the lawyer Tulkinghorn, the major characters are pretty dull. The secondary characters are what made the book worth reading once: Mrs. Jellyby, who is so concerned with the natives in Borrioboola-Gha that she neglects her own large family; that model of deportment Mr. Turveydrop; the intrepid Mrs. Bagnet; and Jo, the poor crossing sweeper, to name a few. Readers new to Dickens should try another work first. Don't start with this one!
    • 5/5
      1999, Blackstone Audiobooks, Read by Robert Whitfield Bleak House is a long, sweeping novel (I don’t think Dickens writes another kind), which took me considerable time to get through but was entirely worth the effort. I needed to remember that Dickens, for me, is always a long, slow, quiet read; that established, I settled in comfortably for the long haul. I part-read and part-listened to Bleak House; shout out goes to Robert Whitfield who does an exemplary job of this Blackstone audiobook – he reads Dickens’ host of characters flawlessly, from homeless, illiterate urchin to arrogant lawyer.The first chapters introduce a profusion of characters, and keeping them straight sent me to CliffsNotes on more than one occasion. However, true to form, Dickens introduces not a single one of them needlessly; all play a role in spinning the tale that is Bleak House. The characters are as varied as they are numerous; and the intricate web that eventually ties them all one to the other is impressive.The main plot of the novel is a scathing social criticism of the ineffectiveness and ineptitude of England’s Chancery Court. Dickens declares the legal system to have failed utterly and completely in bringing justice; exhaustive court costs and legal fees have ruined the lives of many. Fast forward to present day, and I needed to ask myself what, if anything, has changed. Tom Jarndyce explains: “’The lawyers have twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth. It’s about a will and the trusts under a will – or it was once. It’s about nothing but costs now. We are always appearing, and disappearing, and swearing, and interrogating, and filing, and cross-filing, and arguing, and sealing, and motioning, and referring, and reporting, and revolving about the Lord Chancelor and all his satellites, and equitably waltzing ourselves off to dusty death, about costs.’” (ch 8)Of course, Bleak House is about much more than the failed Chancery. Dickens masterfully uses his cast to inform of, among other things, the inequities of social class: poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, domestic abuse – to name but a few. Indeed, I think he could not have nailed the inadequacies of our modern society any better supposing he’d had a crystal ball. Timeless, a true classic – highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Bought the Penguin edition and and the audio as well.

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    Bleak House - Charles Dickens

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