So, originally Bleak House didn't scare me. I didn't know much about it honestly but I liked the other books by Dickens I had read and I was able to get the unabridged Audible version for a dollar or two so I downloaded it....and then I saw that it was over 35 hours long!!!!!! EEK!!!! Then I was scared! lol!!!
If you're like me and you don't know much about Bleak House I'll give you a VERY brief overview. An illegitimate child grows up with a mysterious benefactor. She meets this benefactor when she comes of age and she and two other dependents live a very happy life with him for a while. A "chancery" case of an inheritance and a very bleak overview of the English legal system weave through the entire story and a mysterious murder takes up some time too.
I was engaged for the entire story and enjoyed it very much!
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Though the characters were lovable they were still Dickensesque people: the impossibly good (Esther Summerson, John Jarndynce, Allan Woodcourt) versus the impossibly bad (Tulkinghorn, Krook, Vholes). And when introduced a new major character, lawyer Vholes, on like blooming page 500, I cried, "Uncle!" But the climax is incredible, one of the best set-pieces I've ever read.
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