Bleak House
Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades?the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: illegitimate children, guardian and ward, young women, illegitimacy, london (england), england, guardian-ward relationship, inheritance and succession, bildungsromans, mystery fiction, social problems [X], didactic fiction, trusts and trustees, domestic fiction, didactic fiction
Les Miserables
The 2012 motion picture adaptation of the stage musical in which, after escaping from unjust imprisonment, Jean Valjean tries to become a respectable citizen but is pursued by an ambitious policeman who threatens to take back his freedom.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
subjects: france fiction, orphans, ex-convicts, pris (france), hugo, victor, police, france, paris (france), criminals, social problems [X]
Hard Times
Presents a relentless indictment against the callous greed of the Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1060
subjects: social problems [X], political fiction, domestic fiction, england, dickens, charles, historical fiction