Bleak House
Dickens put the entire Victorian legal system on trial and found it guilty.
“Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river.”
Why It Matters
Dickens put the entire Victorian legal system on trial and found it guilty. Bleak House pioneered the multi-plot novel, gave English literature some of its most unforgettable characters, and deployed a fog metaphor so perfect it has become shorthand for institutional dysfunction. Many critics consider it his masterpiece, and they are probably right.
The 
Take
Personal reviewToo many characters and takes half the book to get the hang of all of them, then it’s great for the second half but the climax was a little offf for me too. Since it’s dickens, still awesome characters and excellent descriptive varied prose, but this one felt a little too muddled given the length
Notable Quotes
“Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, right reverends and wrong reverends of every order.”
“The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself.”