Bleak House
novel by Charles Dickens (1853)
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Summary
Bleak House is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,630 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Charles Dickens[3]
- Illustrator: Hablot Knight Browne[4]
- Publisher: Chapman and Hall[5]
- Genre: detective fiction[6]
- Follows: David Copperfield[7]
- Followed by: A Child's History of England[8]
- Commons category: Bleak House[9]
- Language of work or name: English[10]
- Country of origin: England[11]
- Inception: 1852[12]
- Publication date: 1853[13]
- Cover art by: Hablot Knight Browne[14]
- Has edition or translation: Bleak House : ELTeC edition[15], Bleak House (first edition)[16], Bleak House [monthly parts] : TEI P5 edition (digital edition)[17], Q136216171[18], Bleak House[19]
- Narrative location: England[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bleak House[21]
- Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/bleak-house[22]
- Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[23], The New Student's Reference Work[24]
- Title: Bleak House[25]
- First line: London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall.[26]
- Last line: "But I know that my dearest little pets are very pretty, and that my darling is very beautiful, and that my husband is very handsome, and that my guardian has the brightest and most benevolent face that ever was seen, and that they can very well do without much beauty in me—even supposing—."[27]
- Derivative work: Bleak House[28], The Death of Poor Joe[29]
- Copyright status: public domain[30]
- Form of creative work: novel[31]
- P14541: 3nflz5[32]
Product Details
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Why It Matters
Bleak House has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]