内容摘要 贾代斯的案子没完没了地在大法官法院(Court of Chancery)进行审理,把一群截然不同的人拉到了一起:艾达和理查德·克莱尔(Ada and Richard Clare),他们的遗产正逐渐被诉讼费吞噬;被法院监护的埃斯特·萨默森(Esther Summerson),她的出身是一个更大的谜团;咄咄逼人的律师图金霍恩;坚定的侦探巴克特督察;甚至还有穷困潦倒的小清道夫乔。《荒凉山庄》是狄更斯颇具野心的小说之一,书中描写了从贵族的客厅到伦敦最贫穷的贫民窟的各种场景,它野蛮而滑稽地控诉了一个腐朽到核心的社会。 As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one of Dickens's most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.
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