Bleak House - Dickens, Charles
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Often considered one of the greatest novels of all time, as well as Dickens's finest, Bleak House is Charles Dickens's classic novel covering classic themes and breaking new ground. Told alternatively in the first person past tense and the third person present tense, the novel is unique even in its structure. Following the fortunes of a young woman, Esther Summerson, whose life rides on the outcome of a valuable court case, the novel introduces a cast of colorful characters and conniving, treacherous knaves.This edition is annotated

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Often considered one of the greatest novels of all time, as well as Dickens's finest, Bleak House is Charles Dickens's classic novel covering classic themes and breaking new ground. Told alternatively in the first person past tense and the third person present tense, the novel is unique even in its structure. Following the fortunes of a young woman, Esther Summerson, whose life rides on the outcome of a valuable court case, the novel introduces a cast of colorful characters and conniving, treacherous knaves.This edition is annotated
Autorenporträt
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction.