Bleak House

Bleak House is a novel written by British author Charles Dickens. Initially it was published serially but later on it came out in the book form. Many consider this novel among the author’s best work. The novel narrates the story of the Jarndyce family who wait in vain to inherit money from a disputed fortune in the settlement of the extremely long-running lawsuit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Bleak House is also critical of England’s judiciary during the period in which cases could linger on through decades of distorted legal manipulation. The issue in the novel relates two young wards of the court Ada Clare and Richard Carstone who are seeking permission to take up residence with a distant cousin Mr. John Jarndyce. Later the lawyer Mr. Tulkinghorn stops by the London home of Sir Leicester Dedlock and Lady Honoria Dedlock who is also connected with the suit. As the novel goes on Richard tries and discards several vocational options in the belief that he will inherit a substantial sum when the lawsuit is settled.