{"product_id":"bleak-house-hardcover-1","title":"Bleak House - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e weaves together a complex web of vivid characters concerned with inheritance from a much-contested will in a grand and sweeping story that displays the author's masterful blending of social commentary, sharp satire, mystery and moving human emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 844\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765600846112,"sku":"9781513220727","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d5e487107e832f7b4abda05f10cacd95.webp?v=1780274592","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bleak-house-hardcover-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}