Bleak House
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2003
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Unabridged edition
Penguin Audiobooks (Verlag)
978-0-14-180463-7 (ISBN)
Penguin Audiobooks (Verlag)
978-0-14-180463-7 (ISBN)
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At the Court of Chancery the interminable suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce becomes the centre of a web of relationships at all levels, from Sir Leicester Dedlock to Jo the crossing-sweeper, and a metaphor for the decay and corruption at the heart of English society.
As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dickens's most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.
As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dickens's most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist before establishing his reputation as a novelist with PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.3.2003 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Penguin Audiobooks |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 143 x 133 mm |
| Gewicht | 224 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
| Schlagworte | Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen (Audio-CDs) • Hörbuch; Fremdsprachige Literatur (Audio-CD) |
| ISBN-10 | 0-14-180463-7 / 0141804637 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-180463-7 / 9780141804637 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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