Bleak House

Charles Dickens

Bleak House — Esther Summerson joins Ada and Richard in the home of their kindly guardian John Jarndyce, while their hopes remain entangled in the endless Chancery suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Esther’s personal narrative intersects with Lady Dedlock’s secret and a mysterious investigation as Dickens satirizes law, class, social neglect, and bureaucracy’s human cost.