Bleak House

Bleak House

Bleak House

Bleak House

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Overview

"Bleak House is perhaps Dickens' best novel. This particular story represents the highest point of his intellectual maturity. When Dickens wrote Bleak House he had grown up. After his decisive victories Napoleon began to put his house in order; after his decisive victories Dickens also began to put his house in order. The house, when he had put it in order, was Bleak House." - G.K. Chesterton
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"[O]ne of the greatest novels in the English language. ... I have religiously read the novel from beginning to end three times, and with ever-increasing delight and understanding. It was, and is, the greatest novel of the lot. Why? First, the quality of the writing; second, the complexity of the plot; third, the extraordinary insight and honesty of the characterisation." - Colin Dexter, The Guardian
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"Bleak House is is greatest novel.... It remains utterly contemporary." - Anna Quindlen, Independent
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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798765593097
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 07/15/2022
Pages: 794
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.75(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is probably the greatest novelist England has ever produced, the author of such famous books as A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life — along with his indelible characters — have made his books beloved by readers the world over. Dickens was born in Landport, Portsea, England and died in Kent after suffering a stroke. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know hunger, privation, and the horrors of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. These unfortunate early life experiences helped shape many of his greatest works.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington
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