Charles Dickens

Bleak House (Large Print, Annotated)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The definitive edition.Large Print Edition Features an extended biography of the life and experiences of Charles Dickens 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! Get your copy of this timeless classic today!

Produktdetails

• Sastrugi Press Classics Large Print
• Verlag: Sastrugi Press LLC
• Seitenzahl: 1192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 64mm
• Gewicht: 1683g
• ISBN-13: 9781649221049
• ISBN-10: 1649221045
• Artikelnr.: 61246513

Autorenporträt

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction.