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, bildungsromans, mystery fiction [X], social problems, didactic fiction, trusts and trustees, domestic fiction, didactic fiction
Barnaby Rudge
Presents a reprint of the Dickens' novel of a tale of thwarted love by the designs of Geoffrey Haredale and the villain Sir John Chester, and the heroism of Edward Chester in rescuing the innocent Emma.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: london (england) [X], gordon riots, 1780, apprentices, locksmiths, political fiction, mystery fiction [X]