Bleak House : an authoritative and annotated text, illustrations, a note on the text, genesis and composition, backgrounds, criticism /
With their estate entangled in an interminable legal case, the young wards of the court Richard Carstone and Ada Clare are taken into the benevolent care of the kindly John Jarndyce. Ada's companion, the gentle and good-hearted Esther Summerson, is devoted to the old man and, although she loves...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Norton,
[1977]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Norton critical edition.
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| Summary: | With their estate entangled in an interminable legal case, the young wards of the court Richard Carstone and Ada Clare are taken into the benevolent care of the kindly John Jarndyce. Ada's companion, the gentle and good-hearted Esther Summerson, is devoted to the old man and, although she loves another, becomes betrothed to him. But behind Esther's supposed orphan past lies a dark secret that leads tragically to deceit, blackmail and murder. And as the endless lawsuit erodes their inheritance, the happiness that Richard and Ada have found in each other is brought into desperate jeopardy. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 986 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 985-986). |
| ISBN: | 0393043746 9780393043747 0393093328 (pbk.) 9780393093322 (pbk.) |