{"product_id":"bleak-house-9781513220727","title":"Bleak House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegarded as one of the author's finest and most ambitious works, \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e all but overflows with the imaginative inventiveness unique to Dickens as it holds the reader fast to his most involved and involving plot.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1853, \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e is a Victorian epic with a court case of fiendish difficulty at its center. The legal system's inability to resolve a will effects the lives of a broad swath of interconnected characters, revealing secrets and drawing out emotions ranging from selfless love to murderous hatred. The author mercilessly satirizes British law of his era while playing out a masterful chain of linked sub-plots. Esther Summerson, the only female narrator the author ever employed, is accompanied by a cavalcade of vivid, living characters as the story sweeps across Victorian society. Comic moments blend with tragic turns, hidden motives and relations come to light, and murder is committed before the question of inheritance is resolved. Arguably a proto-legal thriller and containing a genuine murder mystery, \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e is much more than that, and, in truth, much more than most any novel of its era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e is both modern and readable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDickens, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens (1812-1870)\u003c\/b\u003e was an English author who achieved tremendous popularity during his lifetime and whose fiction, some of the most memorable and enduring of the Victorian era, is still beloved today. His compelling storytelling, vivid, often eccentric, characters and immersive descriptions of everyday life were lent depth by a profound compassion for victims of injustice and enhanced by sharp plotting that often used suspense and cliffhangers to ensure his readers were held rapt. People and details from his own, often hardscrabble, youth gave life to novels like \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e and others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mint Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381588168978,"sku":"9781513220727","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24ba2bf3-2143-4dc8-a096-a9860f9d12fd.jpg?v=1728697438","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bleak-house-9781513220727","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}