LEADER 01618ojm 2200253z- 450 001 9910148893503321 005 20230912161814.0 010 $a0-00-731679-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000923816 035 $a(BIP)026473184 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000923816 100 $a20231107c2009uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aBleak House 210 $cHarperCollins UK 330 8 $a"Bleak House" is one of Dickens' finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. Read by Paul Schofield."Bleak House" is one of Dickens' finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully engages the reader in the work of detection, and an unforgettable indictment of an indifferent society. Its representations of a great city's underworld, and of the law's corruption and delay, draw upon the author's personal knowledge and experience. But it is his symbolic art that projects these things in a vision that embraces black comedy, cosmic farce, and tragic ruin. In a unique creative experiment, Dickens divides the narrative between his heroine, Esther Summerson, who is psychologically interesting in her own right, and an unnamed narrator whose perspective both complements and challenges hers. 517 $aBleak House 676 $a823.83 700 $aDickens$b Charles$0154882 702 $aScofield$b Paul$f1922-2008$4oth 906 $aAUDIO 912 $a9910148893503321 996 $aBleak house$9202022 997 $aUNINA