Bleak House
Of Greed and Law Author: Charles Dickens Charles Dickens has been my favorite author since grade-school, when I first encountered his lyrical prose and deep, sometimes acerbic understanding of humanity in David Copperfield. Since then, I’ve read more of Dickens’ work (although not as much as I would like). Following his trail through the most famous first (A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, Old Curiosity Shop), I arrived at Bleak House – a novel that many claim is Dickens’ most powerful. This story starts in the courts with the long running Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a complicated case involving wills and inheritances. Dickens [...]
