Charles Dicken’s BLEAK HOUSE is a representation of a great city's underworld, and of the law's corruption and deferment. It draws upon the author's personal knowledge and experience and is hailed as one of Dickens' finest achievements - establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer.
BLEAK HOUSE is simultaneously an intricate mystery novel that fully engages the reader in the work of detection, as well as an unforgettable indictment of an apathetic society.
Dickens allocates the storyline between his protagonist, Esther Summerson, who is expressively interesting in her own right, and an unidentified narrator whose perspective both complements and challenges hers.