Charles Dickens's masterful assault on the injustices of the British legal system
As the interminable case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dickens's most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.
from the penguin classics edition
Reading Schedule for December 2016 - January 2017
Week of December 1 : Chapters 1 -8 Week of December 8 : Chapters 9 - 17 Week of December 15 : Chapters 18 - 26 Week of January 2 : Chapters 27 - 35 Week of January 9 : Chapters 36 - 44 Week of January 16 : Chapters 45 - 53 Week of January 23 : Chapters 54 - 62 Week of January 30 : Chapters 63 - 67
As the interminable case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dickens's most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.
from the penguin classics edition
Reading Schedule for December 2016 - January 2017
Week of December 1 : Chapters 1 -8
Week of December 8 : Chapters 9 - 17
Week of December 15 : Chapters 18 - 26
Week of January 2 : Chapters 27 - 35
Week of January 9 : Chapters 36 - 44
Week of January 16 : Chapters 45 - 53
Week of January 23 : Chapters 54 - 62
Week of January 30 : Chapters 63 - 67