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Overview
- Features an extended biography of the life and experiences of Charles Dickens
- Remastered for easy reading
Bleak House tells us of the story of the Jarndyce family, who are waiting in vain to inherit a small fortune that will be the settlement of a long-running legal dispute amongst members of their family. Esther Summerson tells us about how she is joining the house of Mr. Jarndyce, along with her friends Ada Clare and Richard Carstone.
Once they arrive at Bleak House they meet John Jarndyce and Mrs. Dedalock, their remote family who are involved in a never-ending legal dispute that doesn't have any resolution in sight. They are about to become engaged, intimately tying their destinies together. It will change their lives forever. How will the dispute be resolved? What will become of Esther and her friends? Learn more by reading this thrilling story!
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781649221025 |
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Publisher: | Sastrugi Press LLC |
Publication date: | 03/01/2021 |
Series: | Sastrugi Press Classics |
Pages: | 718 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.58(d) |
About the Author
On Sundays, Charles used to spend his time at the Marshalsea with his sister Frances, who was studying at the Royal Academy of Music. To pay for his board and to help his family, Charles had no other choice but to leave school and work at Warren's Blacking Warehouse located on Hungerford Stairs, near the present Chairing Cross Railway Station. He earned 6 Shillings a week for a 10-hour day work. The working conditions for labor class were very harsh in those days, Charles had to go through the hardest period of his life during these days. These hardships left a lasting impression on Charles' intellect, most of his works revolve around the reform of socio-economic and labor conditions.
Date of Birth:
February 7, 1812Date of Death:
June 18, 1870Place of Birth:
Portsmouth, EnglandPlace of Death:
Gad's Hill, Kent, EnglandEducation:
Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington