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Bleak House
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Published:
Garden City, N.Y. : Literary Guild of America, [c1953].
Physical Desc:
xii, 595 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 67
Lexile measure:
1180L
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Description
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.
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Format:
Book
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 8.8, 67 Points
Lexile measure:
1180
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Dickens, C. (1953). Bleak House. Garden City, N.Y., Literary Guild of America.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. 1953. Bleak House. Garden City, N.Y., Literary Guild of America.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, Bleak House. Garden City, N.Y., Literary Guild of America, 1953.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Garden City, N.Y., Literary Guild of America, 1953.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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