- Fiction, Guardian and ward, Young women, Illegitimate children
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.
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Prestige, meticulous, epic and bleak.
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Charles Dickens
- First published
- May 26, 2005
- Pages
- 817
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, Classic Books
- Editions
- 418
- Language
- German, French, English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780394605203
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“LONDON. MICHAELMAS TERM LATELY OVER, AND THE LORD Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall.”
Charles Dickens, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
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