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Bleak House: by Charles Dickens ; narrated by Sean Barrett and Teresa Gallagher.

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Record Number 872890
ISBN 9781407482422
Author Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Title Bleak House [sound recording] / by Charles Dickens ; narrated by Sean Barrett and Teresa Gallagher.
Publisher/Date Rearsby, [England] : W F Howes, p2006.
Pagination etc. 28 sound discs (CD) (35 hrs. 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents note "Complete & unabridged".
Performer note Narrated by Sean Barrett and Teresa Gallagher.
Summary Note The case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce (a legal suit "become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means") has ground its way through the courts for generations. At its heart are Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, who find love - and terrible loss - through their involvement in the endless battle. Meanwhile, her friend Esther Summeson, who believes she is an orphan, gradually discovers the truth of her identity. The court case throws out a web ensnaring all who come near it, including Lady Dedlock, the menacing lawyer Tulkingham, detective Bucket and tragic little waif Jo. Secrets emerge, crimes are committed and love affairs bloom. But will anyone ever benefit from the case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce?
Subject Illegitimate children -- Fiction
Guardian and ward -- Fiction
Young women -- Fiction
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Domestic fiction.
Legal stories.
Added Author Barrett, Sean
Gallagher, Teresa
Dickson, Hugh
Shelf Location CD F DICK
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