{"product_id":"bleak-house-9781513266046","title":"Bleak House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegarded as one of the author's finest and most ambitious works, \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e all but overflows with the imaginative inventiveness unique to Dickens as it holds the reader fast to his most involved and involving plot.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1853, \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e is a Victorian epic with a court case of fiendish difficulty at its center. The legal system's inability to resolve a will effects the lives of a broad swath of interconnected characters, revealing secrets and drawing out emotions ranging from selfless love to murderous hatred. The author mercilessly satirizes British law of his era while playing out a masterful chain of linked sub-plots. Esther Summerson, the only female narrator the author ever employed, is accompanied by a cavalcade of vivid, living characters as the story sweeps across Victorian society. Comic moments blend with tragic turns, hidden motives and relations come to light, and murder is committed before the question of inheritance is resolved. Arguably a proto-legal thriller and containing a genuine murder mystery, \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e is much more than that, and, in truth, much more than most any novel of its era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e is both modern and readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mint Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781513266046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.67d","brand":"Charles Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38023565377717,"sku":"9781513266046","price":29.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_014c0362-e3b7-43d7-8cba-1cdb43636368.jpg?v=1609185015","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bleak-house-9781513266046","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}