Casa desolata

Okay, so this is the 1853 version of The Wire . But with less gay sex. And no swearing. And very few mentions of drugs. And only one black person, I think, maybe not even one. And of course it's in London, not Baltimore. But other than that, it's the same. Pound for pound, this is Dickens' best novel, Leggi tutto

This is a very clever book because the main issue with it is exactly the point Dickens is making: it is so long and dragged out . Bleak House is quite the achievement. It's a 900+ page monster made up a thousand different subplots with a large cast of characters. It also fanned the flames that led to Leggi tutto

Which house in Charles Dickens's novel is "Bleak House" ? It surely cannot be the house which bears its name; a large airy house, which we first visit in the company of the young wards of Jarndyce, Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, and their companion Esther. Ironically, this "Bleak House" is anything b Leggi tutto

Is a lawsuit justice, when it goes on and on ....and on, seemingly in perpetuity ? In Bleak House located in the countryside outside of London, that is the center of the story, years pass too many to count, the lawyers are happy the employed judges likewise ; the litigants not... money is sucked dry Leggi tutto

A biting critique of the court system and the legal profession by the Victorian master of social commentary Many of the characters of BLEAK HOUSE – including most notably but certainly not limited to John Jarndyce, and his wards Richard Carstone and Ada Clare – are legatees in some version of a will Leggi tutto