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Bleak House
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Luís's review
bookshelves: english-editions, e-5, charles-dickens, british-literature, historical-fiction, thriller-crime-mystery
Apr 12, 2021
bookshelves: english-editions, e-5, charles-dickens, british-literature, historical-fiction, thriller-crime-mystery
I discovered the masterful Dickensian novels with this reading. I don't seem to have seen an adaptation for television or cinema of this vast soap opera (in a good sense). Its original publication spanned a year and a half, in monthly deliveries, from March 1852 to September 1853. Suppose many of its characters today can put off a little, even a well-meaning reader. In that case, we must not forget that in 1852, one eagerly awaited the next month's bundle and (probably) reread those already published. The novel's construction is original: chapters told from the point of view of an omniscient narrator, ironic towards legal and political powers, alternate with those of the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson. Because this is a novel about an interminable trial in Chancellery, which has lasted for decades, Esther is concerned by this trial, which bears her guardian's name, Jarndyce. Still, she will not discover the full extent of her involvement, which is linked to her origins, until the novel's end. I enjoyed losing myself in the maze of these interwoven stories, accompanied by characters so striking (sometimes annoying) as Dickens knew how to characterize them.
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
April 12, 2021
– Shelved
November 21, 2021
– Shelved as:
english-editions
December 24, 2021
– Shelved as:
e-5
November 13, 2022
– Shelved as:
charles-dickens
August 2, 2023
– Shelved as:
british-literature
August 2, 2023
– Shelved as:
historical-fiction
August 2, 2023
– Shelved as:
thriller-crime-mystery
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Thank you, Michael.
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You're welcome.
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Thank you, Marquise! I just saw your comment now. I am interested in those mini-series, too.
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Thank you, Douglas.
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You must read the book, then, Eric.
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