The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Anna Maxwell MartinEsther Summerson
- Denis LawsonJohn Jarndyce
- Carey MulliganAda Clare
- Gillian AndersonLady Dedlock
- Charles DanceMr. Tulkinghorn
- Patrick KennedyRichard Carstone
- Richard HarringtonAllan Woodcourt
- Natalie PressCaddy Jellyby
- Burn GormanWilliam Guppy
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- Andrew DaviesCreator
- Charles DickensNovel
- Nigel Stafford-ClarkProducer
- Alison BarnettProducer
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Seasons
- Season 115 eps · 2005
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