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Bleak House by Charles Dickens β book review
While the first few chapters of Bleak House are rather entertaining, the fifty chapters that follow? Not so much. There is a lot of βjumble and jargonβ going on in Bleak House. Having genuinely loved Great Expectations I am rather disappointment by this novel. The humour present in Bleak House consists mostly in the narrative…
1840s, 1850s, 19TH CENTURY, 3 STARS, big books, Bleak House, bombastic style, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, British author, british classics, CHARLES DICKENS, class, CLASSICS, courtroom drama, DEATH, DETECTIVE, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), drama, england, HISTORICAL FICTION, HUMOR, illness, LONDON, male authors, MELODRAMA, orphans, playful style, READ IN 2019, satire, sensation fiction, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, VICTORIAN -
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
There is something incredibly endearing about this novel. From the very first line, Dickens draws us in, making us Pip’s confidantes, so that we eagerly follow him on his journey. The first section of this novel, revolves around Pip’s childhood, and Dickens manages to reflect the young age of his protagonist onto the narrative itself:…
1850s, 19TH CENTURY, 1st pov, 4 STARS, bildungsroman, British author, british classics, CHARLES DICKENS, CHILDHOOD, class, CLASSICS, coming of age, drama, england, friendships, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, HUMOR, illness, LONDON, male authors, read in 2017, ROMANCE, sensation fiction, unrequited love, VICTORIAN, victorian madness
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