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Bleak House by Charles Dickens, which centres around a byzantine and seemingly endless legal case. Through the case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, the reader is introduced to a wide range of characters who are affected in some way by the lawsuit, although ultimately it is only the money-grabbing lawyers who benefit from it. The extensive cast of characters offers a vivid depiction of Victorian society, which is shown to be rife with poverty, deceit and corruption.
Bleak House is widely regarded as one of the greatest achievements of one of most influential British authors of all time. Dickens’ many novels also include
Oliver Twist,
Great Expectations and
A Christmas Carol.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
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CHARLES DICKENS
ENGLISH NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, ESSAYIST, JOURNALIST AND CRITIC
Born in Portsmouth in 1812.Died in Gad’s Hill, Kent in 1870.Notable works:Oliver Twist (1838), novelDavid Copperfield (1850), novelGreat Expectations (1860-61), novelCharles John Huffam Dickens was the second eldest of eight children born to Elizabeth and John Dickens. After his father’s arrest when he was 12, Dickens began work at a blacking warehouse. Despite his lack of formal education, Dickens became a solicitor’s clerk, then a reader at the British Museum, then a parliamentary reporter in 1832. In 1836 he married Catherine Hogarth, with whom he had ten children.
A prolific writer, he was published almost every year from 1833 until his death. He worked as an editor and journalist and was active both charitably and politically. Due to a long-standing affair, he separated from his wife in 1858 before beginning public reading tours. During the Staplehurst Rail Crash in 1865, Dickens helped to save and comfort passengers before returning for his manuscript of Our Mutual Friend (1865). He then revisited America, completing a book tour despite his deteriorating health. He returned to England the next year and continued his readings and publications before dying of a stroke in 1970. His body was buried in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey.
BLEAK HOUSE
A WEB OF REALISM
Genre: serialised novelReference edition: Dickens, C. (2003) Bleak House. London: Penguin Classics.1stedition: 1853Themes: law, justice, childhood, family values, secrets, realism, Victorian societyBleak House was published in monthly instalments from 1852 to 1853. As Tracy suggests, “Bleak House was Dickens’ most successful novel to date” (Paroissien, 2008: 380), and it is still one of his most famous novels. He used the novel to showcase the failings of Victorian society, namely its judicial system. He displays the hidden darkness behind a society which glorifies its technological and supposed societal advances.
The novel switches between first-person narration by the orphan Esther Summerson and a third person omniscient narrator. In doing so, Dickens presents an interesting juxtaposition of restrained politeness and thinly veiled contempt. He interweaves numerous subplots into a complex web of secrecy, blackmail, legal battles, and despair. This web touches on the concept of family, reputation, extreme poverty, justice, and so much more. What is overwhelmingly present throughout the entire novel, however, is a scathing indictment of the systems put in place to protect and serve the public.
SUMMARY
THE CASE
The novel opens in the Court of Chancery, which is dealing with the case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. The lawsuit has been going on for so long that no one remembers how it started. At this point, it is only benefiting the lawyers. It is decided that a young boy and girl will go to live with their uncle. Mr Tulkinghorn visits Lady Dedlock and her husband, Sir Leicester, to update them on the case. Upon seeing some documents, Lady Dedlock asks who wrote them as the handwriting is nice. Mr Tulkinghorn says that he will enquire about it when suddenly Lady Dedlock becomes rather ill and has to leave.
