Bleak House
Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades?the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: illegitimate children, guardian and ward, young women, illegitimacy, london (england) [X], england, guardian-ward relationship, inheritance and succession [X], bildungsromans, mystery fiction, social problems, didactic fiction, trusts and trustees, domestic fiction, didactic fiction
Our Mutual Friend
At the Boffin mansion, built on the fortune amassed from old Mr. Harmon's dust heaps, and at the Veneerings' superior dinner-table Dickens creates glorious comic satire.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1090
subjects: deception, poor families, social classes, city life, businessmen and businesswomen, inheritance and succession [X], disguise, london (england) [X]