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Another fantastic Dickens adaption
Review date: 2008-03-26 Rating: 10 out of 10
This adaption I watched on television and remained avidly attentive to my silver screen. Dickens has a knack of reeling you in, getting to know and understand each character, and even feeling for them, including the bad guys, after all, it's nothing personal.
This adaption allows us to see the lives of different people from different backgrounds interacting and crossing over with each other, needing strengths from some and strengthening others.
The leading lady is strong, independent, determined and above all kind, yet is the perfect lady in her time. She is loved and respected by many, yet underneath it all, there is a meekness and insecurity about her which is within us all. Yet her conviction outweighs such.
I will not spoil the plot for you, but will encourage you to at least rent it first. Bleak House has everything you could want in a Dickens and the characters portray them superbly. You will not be disappointed if you love Charles Dickens.
Bleak House swamped me with optimism, hope, trust and faith. I love Charles Dickens and it is one I will have to own.