Bleak House

Description

Often considered one of the greatest novels of all time, as well as Dickens's finest, Bleak House is Charles Dickens's classic novel covering classic themes and breaking new ground. Told alternatively in the first person past tense and the third person present tense, the novel is unique even in its structure. Following the fortunes of a young woman, Esther Summerson, whose life rides on the outcome of a valuable court case, the novel introduces a cast of colorful characters and conniving, treacherous knaves.