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Bleak House / Charles Dickens ; edited by Norman Page ; with an introduction by J. Hillis Miller ; and 27 original illustrations by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz')

The protracted Jarndyce and Jarndyce legal case affects various lives, from wards of the court to those in London's slums. Centred on the mystery of Esther Summerson's parentage, the narrative critiques the corruption of the nineteenth-century Court of Chancery.

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vernon_accession 11099
vernon_id 14878
vernon_slug bleak-house-charles-dickens-edited-by-norman-page-with-an-introduction-by-j-hillis-miller-and-27-original-illustrations-by-hablot-k-browne-phiz
vernon_authors Norman Page, Hablôt Knight Browne, Charles Dickens
vernon_tags Literature, Philology, Fiction, Satire, English fiction, English literature, British Literature, English literature -- 19th Century, Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Suspense fiction, Legal stories, English, England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
vernon_production_date 1971
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vernon_isbn_issn 0140430636
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vernon_last_sync_timestamp 2026-02-24 16:56
vernon_cover_image_id 47702
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