Movie Description:
At the court of Chancery, theJarndyceand Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuitare a growing number of innocentvictims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone,whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysteriousparentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle,including the proud Lady Dedlock, who finds herself persecuted by the menacinglawyer Tulkinghorn, then hunted by the determined Inspector Bucket, one of thefirst detectives to appear in English literature. A savage, but often comic, indictment of asociety that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one ofDickens` most ambitious novels.
