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With their estate entangled in an interminable legal case, the young wards of the court Richard Carstone and Ada Clare are taken into the benevolent care of the kindly John Jarndyce. Ada's companion, the gentle and good-hearted Esther Summerson, is devoted to the old man and, although she loves another, becomes betrothed to him. But behind Esther's supposed orphan past lies a dark secret that leads tragically to deceit, blackmail and murder. And as the endless lawsuit erodes their inheritance, the happiness that Richard and Ada have found in each other is brought into desperate jeopardy.
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Bleak house, Charles Dickens, Stephen Gill
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- Released
- 1996
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- Title
- Bleak house
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Charles Dickens, Stephen Gill
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 945
- ISBN10
- 0199536317
- ISBN13
- 9780199536313
- Series
- Real Reads
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Legal Topics, Love, Women, Classics, Murders, Death, 19th century, England, Secrets, Great Britain, English Literature, Coming Of Age, Adapted for Film, Marriage, London, Victorian Era, Poverty, Classicism, Industrialization
- First published
- 1861
- Original title
- Great Expectations
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
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- With their estate entangled in an interminable legal case, the young wards of the court Richard Carstone and Ada Clare are taken into the benevolent care of the kindly John Jarndyce. Ada's companion, the gentle and good-hearted Esther Summerson, is devoted to the old man and, although she loves another, becomes betrothed to him. But behind Esther's supposed orphan past lies a dark secret that leads tragically to deceit, blackmail and murder. And as the endless lawsuit erodes their inheritance, the happiness that Richard and Ada have found in each other is brought into desperate jeopardy.