“I recently discovered that a friend who was re-reading Bleak House had done no other Dickens apart from Barnaby Ridge. That's just… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“there was a sort of embarrassment about storytelling that struck home powerfully about one hundred years ago, at the beginning of modernism.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Esther obviously intelligent, for she wrote half of fucking Bleak House.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No-one is going to sit down and read Bleak House to the family any more, but they can all huddle up happily… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I get mistaken for Amanda Holden; I've had that since I was 12. I get Carey Mulligan, too. We look quite similar,… — Kimberley Nixon Copy Share Image
“You do not know what all around you see in Esther Summerson, how many hearts she touches and awakens, what sacred admiration… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Having seen Justin's work on Bleak House, I knew that he'd be incredibly well prepared and interesting stylistically for this and that… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
With its vastly complicated plot and its immense cast of characters swirling around the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce that has been… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“All we have to do when reading Bleak House is to relax and let our spines take over. Although we read with… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat.” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
