Bleak House
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Bleak House is a Victorian novel by Charles Dickens that satirizes the British legal system through the long-running court case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bleak House canonical | 11 |
| Bleak House by Charles Dickens | 1 |
| Bleak House, Broadstairs | 1 |
| Jarndyce and Jarndyce | 1 |
| Jarndyce and Jarndyce court case | 1 |
| Lady Dedlock | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
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radio drama ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| author | Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
bureaucratic inefficiency
ⓘ
critique of the British legal system ⓘ inheritance and chancery law ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
fog as symbol of legal confusion
ⓘ
spontaneous combustion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | one of Charles Dickens's major works ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalCourtCase |
Bleak House
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jarndyce and Jarndyce
|
| firstEditionFormat | 20 monthly parts in 19 instalments ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| firstTelevisionAdaptationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| genre |
legal novel
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satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| includedIn | canon of English literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | serialized fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| majorCharacter |
Ada Clare
ⓘ
Inspector Bucket ⓘ John Jarndyce ⓘ Bleak House self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lady Dedlock
Mr Guppy ⓘ Mr Tulkinghorn ⓘ Richard Carstone ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | dual narration ⓘ |
| narrator |
Esther Summerson
ⓘ
unnamed third-person narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor | early depiction of a police detective in English fiction ⓘ |
| notableTelevisionAdaptationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalSerializationMedium | monthly parts ⓘ |
| protagonist | Esther Summerson ⓘ |
| publisher | Bradbury and Evans ⓘ |
| satirizes |
British legal system
ⓘ
Court of Chancery ⓘ |
| serializationEndYear | 1853 ⓘ |
| serializationStartYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| setInCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingCity |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingInstitution | Court of Chancery ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | John Jarndyce's country house ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bleak House (2005 TV serial)
subject surface form:
Bleak House (2005 TV serial)
this entity surface form:
Jarndyce and Jarndyce court case
subject surface form:
Broadstairs
this entity surface form:
Bleak House, Broadstairs
this entity surface form:
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
this entity surface form:
Jarndyce and Jarndyce
this entity surface form:
Lady Dedlock