Bleak House
3 journalers for this copy...
Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections - between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an uncaring society more imaginatively embodied, but nowhere either is the mixture of comedy and angry satire more deftly managed. Bleak House defies a single description. It is a mystery story, in which Esther Summerson discovers the truth about her birth and her unknown mother's tragic life. It is a murder story, which comes to a climax in a thrilling chase, led by one of the earliest detectives in English fiction, Inspector Bucket. And it is a fable about redemption, in which a bleak house is transformed by the resilience of human love.
Thank you 3vie. I love a bit of Dickens and have been eating to read Bleak House for a long time.
I read this back in January but must have forgotten to journal it at the time. I very much enjoyed the story. The twist at the end of the novel was - weird(!) - but the rest of the novel flowed pretty well. Esther was a great narrator.
Journal Entry 4 by LittleSuz at Arnotdale House OBCZ in Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom on Sunday, June 11, 2023
Released 9 mos ago (6/17/2023 UTC) at Arnotdale House OBCZ in Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom
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Released at the official Bookcrossing Convention in Falkirk - woohoo!
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If you are new to bookcrossing - welcome and congratulations for finding a book! Please leave a journal entry to let me and any other readers know where it has gone and what you thought of it.
Picked up from the book buffet at the International Bookcrossing Convention in Falkirk on 18th June 2023. Sorry missed journalling it earlier.