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Bleak House (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) - by Charles Dickens

Bleak House (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) - by  Charles Dickens
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>At the centre of Bleak House is a long-running legal case in the Court of Chancery, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which came about because a testator wrote several conflicting wills.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>Bleak House</em> is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of <em>Bleak House</em> is a long-running legal case in the Court of Chancery, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which came about because a testator wrote several conflicting wills.</p><p>Dickens claimed there were many actual precedents for his fictional case. One such was probably the Thellusson v Woodford case in which a will read in 1797 was contested and not determined until 1859. Though the legal profession criticised Dickens's satire as exaggerated, this novel helped support a judicial reform movement which culminated in the enactment of legal reform in the 1870s.</p><p>This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket. </p>

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