Bleak House

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Bleak House is a Victorian novel by Charles Dickens that satirizes the British legal system through the long-running court case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce.

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instanceOf Victorian novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
television series ⓘ
author Charles Dickens ⓘ
centralTheme bureaucratic inefficiency ⓘ
critique of the British legal system ⓘ
inheritance and chancery law ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
containsMotif fog as symbol of legal confusion ⓘ
spontaneous combustion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation one of Charles Dickens's major works ⓘ
featuresFictionalCourtCase Jarndyce and Jarndyce ⓘ
linked to: Bleak House
firstEditionFormat 20 monthly parts in 19 instalments ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1852 ⓘ
firstTelevisionAdaptationYear 1959 ⓘ
genre legal novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
includedIn canon of English literature ⓘ
literaryForm serialized fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
majorCharacter Ada Clare ⓘ
Inspector Bucket ⓘ
John Jarndyce ⓘ
Lady Dedlock ⓘ
linked to: Bleak House

Mr Guppy ⓘ
Mr Tulkinghorn ⓘ
Richard Carstone ⓘ
narrativeStructure dual narration ⓘ
narrator Esther Summerson ⓘ
unnamed third-person narrator ⓘ
notableFor early depiction of a police detective in English fiction ⓘ
notableTelevisionAdaptationYear 2005 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalSerializationMedium monthly parts ⓘ
protagonist Esther Summerson ⓘ
publisher Bradbury and Evans ⓘ
satirizes British legal system ⓘ
Court of Chancery ⓘ
serializationEndYear 1853 ⓘ
serializationStartYear 1852 ⓘ
setInCountry England ⓘ
settingCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
settingInstitution Court of Chancery ⓘ
titleRefersTo John Jarndyce's country house ⓘ

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Bleak House (2005 TV serial) → narrativeFocus → Jarndyce and Jarndyce court case ⓘ
subject linked to: Bleak House
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subject linked to: Broadstairs, Kent, England
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Richard Carstone → appearsIn → Bleak House ⓘ
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Mr Tulkinghorn → appearsIn → Bleak House ⓘ
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