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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Charles Dickens notableWork Bleak House
Bleak House (2005 TV serial) basedOn Bleak House
subject linked to: Bleak House
Bleak House (2005 TV serial) narrativeFocus Jarndyce and Jarndyce court case
subject linked to: Bleak House
linked to: Bleak House
Broadstairs hasAttraction Bleak House, Broadstairs
subject linked to: Broadstairs, Kent, England
linked to: Bleak House
Broadstairs knownFor Bleak House
Broadstairs hasLandmark Bleak House
Court of Chancery inPopularCulture Bleak House by Charles Dickens
linked to: Bleak House
Bleak House featuresFictionalCourtCase Jarndyce and Jarndyce
linked to: Bleak House
Bleak House majorCharacter Lady Dedlock
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Hard Times precededBy Bleak House
Patrick Kennedy notableWork Bleak House
Phil Davis notableWork Bleak House
Philip Davis notableWork Bleak House
Bradbury and Evans publishedWork Bleak House
Hablot Knight Browne illustrated Bleak House
Anne Reid notableWork Bleak House