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Bleak House [electronic resource] / Charles Dickens.

Dickens, Charles, (author.). Vance, Simon, (reader.). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Simon Vance. (Cast).

Summary:

Bleak House opens in a London shrouded by fog-a fog that swirls most densely about the Court of Chancery, where the obscure case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce lies lost in endless litigation, slowly devouring an inheritance in legal costs. Against this ominous background, Dickens' rich tapestry of a novel weaves together the fortunes and desires of several characters whose fates are tied to the case: Ada and Richard, two young orphans who stand to inherit and wish to marry when they do; the worthy John Jarndyce, their voluntary guardian while the case is pending; and Esther Summerson, Jarndyce's protégée, whose romance is complicated by torn loyalties and whose heritage is shrouded in mystery and scandal. This darkly comic portrait of London society is often regarded as Dickens' best.

Electronic resources

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781483088617
  • ISBN: 1483088618
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (32hr., 58 min.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2006.
  • Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:
Flex title available through hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Simon Vance.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject:
History > Fiction.
Literature > Fiction.
Sagas > Fiction.
Great Britain > History.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).

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