Bleak House
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| Author(s): | Charles Dickens |
| Illustrator(s): | Edward Ardizzone |
| Editor(s): | Percy S. Winter |
| Publisher(s): | Oxford University Press |
| Year Published: | 1955 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | British Fiction - Novel |
| Age Range: | Ages 13-18: Young Adult |
| Pages: | 352 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 30196221 |
Description
This is an abridged version of Dickens' novel about the law’s delay.
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Bleak House (1853)
Three cousins are the beneficiaries of the Jarndyce estate, but the will is contested and the legal costs eventually eat up the entire value of the assets. Read online at archive.org.
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