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1) Bleak House
Author
Series
Description
A tale of family secrets and the damaging corruption of the British legal system from the author of Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. In Bleak House, Charles Dickens not only pries apart the stultifying and ponderous conduct and contracts of British moneyed society, but also takes specific aim at an English judicial system in desperate need of modernization and reform. Featuring the voice of Esther Summerson-Dickens's only female narrator-the story...
2) Bleak House
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Description
"At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle,...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2009], ©2009
Description
Oliver Twist: After escaping from a life of poverty and abuse that begins in a workhouse and making his way to London, orphaned Oliver Twist is recruited into a gang of young pickpockets, from which he is rescued by the elderly Mr. Brownlow.
The old curiosity shop: Follows the fortunes of young Nell Trent and her maternal grandfather, who gambles away what money they have in a mistaken attempt to secure Nell's future.
Bleak House: A complex tale...
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