Bleak House

by Charles Dickens · 1853

Charles Dickens's novel about inheritance, social institutions, and the human cost of an endless legal case.

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Patrick CollisonCo-founder and CEO, Stripe

Patrick Collison named Bleak House among the clear standouts from the ten important historical novels he read in 2024.

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