in Bleak House,he also dwelled on what was: because “no part of [Tom-all-Alone‘s] left to the imagination is at all likely to be made so bad as the reality,” he transformed “these hours of darkness” to

Jarndyce and Jarndyce is a “ ‘dark-looking case’ ” (p. 522), says Richard, who enters Chancery “from the outermost circle of … evil” (p. 21), plunges into “ ’the mysteries’ ” (p. 650) of the impenetrable

There, the condition-of-England question has a clear answer: “Fog everywhere.” If anything is obscure about the country as represented in Bleak House,it is how it came to be in such a dire state. Referring

But it can be enabling, too, for when we learn that Jo, ”who is of no order and no place“ (p. 602), had been befriended by Nemo, whose name, we are so helpfully reminded, means ”no one“ in Latin, we not

In Bleak House,he appears to have been determined to inculcate this “infirmity” in his readers: “What connexion can there be … ?” is a question directed at us.In a novel that is extraordinary for its vast

Indeed, while John Ruskin argued that the number of deaths in Bleak House(nine, by his miscount; there are more) answered “a craving of the human heart for some kind of excitement” and that such a novel

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Bleak Memes and Images by @aagabriel

李清照（1084-？）号易安居士，济南（今属山东）人。幼有才藻，十八岁适金石家赵 明诚，夫妇感情甚笃。南渡后，赵明诚病故，她颠沛流离于江浙皖赣一带，在 孤寂中度过晚年。她工诗能文，诗尤为宋代大家，前期词多写闺情相思，后期 词融入家国之恨与身世之感，风格顿变。她兼擅令慢，每能创意出奇，以经过

A spontaneous painting I made last night. My inspiration? Disillusionment with the way society is headed. All I can do is express how I feel through my art, and I hope I'm able to poke some of us in the

A beautiful calmness on a cold brisk beach.

Does anyone read what you write? Does anyone give it a second thought?

Due to pollution and irregularities, the age-old imprint of the face is rapid. Due to dry skin, excessive sunlight, insufficient sleep, age, smoking, hereditary, lack of nutrients, excessive weight loss,

Michiganders know that there are a lot more than 50 shades of gray :(