Bleak House (Alma Classics: Evergreens)

Part panoramic social satire and - with the introduction of the indefatigable police investigator Mr Bucket - part prototype of the detective genre, this dark, complex and intricately plotted book is considered by many to be both Dickens's greatest work and the finest novel of the Victorian age.

Richard Carstone si Ada Clare sunt sectii ale instantei in interminabilul caz Jarndyce si Jarndyce, care a continuat de atat de mult timp incat a devenit un subiect de veselie in cercurile juridice si o sursa de mare profit pentru cei angajati profesional in acesta. Perechea se indragosteste si se casatoreste, dar slabul si nepasatorul Richard intra incet sub vraja bogatiilor promise ale disputei legale.