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Charles Dickens's masterful assault on the injustices of the British legal system

Dive into the intricate world of Charles Dickens' Bleak House with this captivating edition. Follow the lives of unforgettable characters, unraveling a web of secrets and mysteries. A must-read for fans of Dickens' storytelling and social commentary.

At the court of Chancery the inheritance case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been going on for generations, but a new piece of evidence might end it once and for all.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. As the interminable case of Jarndyce... Read Full Overview

Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections--between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an... Read Full Overview

In the fog of London, lawyers enrich themselves with endless litigation over a dwindling inheritance. A sterling example of Dickens's genius for character, dramatic construction, and social satire, this novel was hailed by Edmund Wilson as a "masterpiece".

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... Read Full Overview

The definitive edition.Large Print EditionFeatures an extended biography of the life and experiences of Charles Dickens

Bleak House tells us of the story of the Jarndyce family, who are waiting in vain to inherit a small fortune... Read Full Overview

Bleak House , Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections--between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on... Read Full Overview

Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections--between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and their victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on... Read Full Overview

"And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself.""Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little... Read Full Overview