There are many curses that people place upon themselves and their descendants, some are the rest of their actions and others by their indecisions complicated by bureaucratic failures then sometimes it’s both. Charles Dickens shows the effects of both in his 1853 novel Bleak House not only on his mai...
Whew - I have finished this 813 page book after a couple of false starts. It's classic Dickens. I've heard it called his masterpiece, but I don't have enough experience with Dickens to weigh in on that subject. I did like it a whole lot better than Dombey and Son, but I didn't like it so well as e...
Bleak House the novel is – as you would expect – pretty bleak, but Bleak House the eponymous house in the book is one of the happier places to be found therein. In any case this being a Dickens novel you should not expect a wall to wall bleak fest. You would need to pop over to Hardyverse (also call...
I've never been able to get into Dickens, but this book was different. Admittedly, it was still a long slog through it, but I enjoyed it in a way I never have with Dickens; probably it was the critique on the Chancery system.
My first thought upon finishing this book was sweet, sweet relief. I finally finished it! It sat on my shelf and stared at me for over a year but I finally did it! But, really, it was so good! I am suspicious of Dickens, mostly due to my unceasing hatred of Great Expectations and there were parts of...
Phew! I managed to finish the whole thing! I think this was the first Dickens novel I read in full, at least that I can recall, and it was quite an experience. It's a hefty tome, especially in terms of the often weighty language and cast of characters. (I wish I'd taken notes or had a list of ...
I read this back in 2006 as part of a book group discussion. All I remember about it was that it was long and that Dickens has a chapter in the book that sounds much like an editorial critical of the prison system of his day. I was reminded of the book because it showed up on my PageADay Book Lover'...
bookshelves: published-1853 Read in January, 2007 Oh this was good - internal combustion, the token child's deathbed scene, scatty and quirky characters with loopy names, villains to hiss at and I feel Bucket did a pretty good Poirot impersonation. Five star goodness.ETA: 9/3/2012: 6 likes
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