Bleak House

Bleak House embodies artful narrative, an engaging cast of characters, biting satire, and a detailed depiction of Victorian society.

Charles Dickens, at the height of his creative powers in this great work, pursues two great themes: the murky institutional fog that darkens and cripples all of England, symbolized by the endless litigation of the Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce case in the High Court of Chance...