Bleak House - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1979539197 ISBN 13: 9781979539197

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author:

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) 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. Growing up 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. A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, The Old Curiosity Shop and Bleak House are among his most famous and popular works.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1979539197
• ISBN 13: 9781979539197
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 387