Bleak House

di Charles Dickens (Autore)

Scofield Paul (Narratore)

William Collins, 2017

"Bleak House" is one of Dickens' finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. Read by Paul Schofield. "Bleak House" is one of Dickens' finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully engages the reader in the work of detection, and an unforgettable indictment of an indifferent society. Its representations of a great city's underworld, and of the law's corruption and delay, draw upon the author's personal knowledge and experience. But it is his symbolic art that projects these things in a vision that embraces black comedy, cosmic farce, and tragic ruin. In a unique creative experiment, Dickens divides the narrative between his heroine, Esther Summerson, who is psychologically interesting in her own right, and an unnamed narrator whose perspective both complements and challenges hers. In Bleak House, Dickens, the Sunday Times bestselling author, masterfully intertwines elements of black comedy, cosmic farce, and tragic ruin, solidifying his position as one of the best fiction writers of his time. His unique narrative style, split between the psychologically intriguing Esther Summerson and an unnamed narrator, offers a fresh perspective that both complements and challenges the reader's understanding. For fans of George Eliot (Middlemarch), Jane Austen (Mansfield Park), Victor Hugo (Notre-Dame de Paris), Fjodor M. Dostojewskij (THE COMPLETE WORKS OF FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY), and Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights).

• Autore: Charles Dickens
• Narratore: Scofield Paul
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 03:02:12
• Anno edizione: 2017
• Editore: William Collins
• EAN: 9780007316793

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