Bleak

Bleak is certainly an apt word to use when describing the tone of this novel, but I wouldn't say it was at all depressing.

Rabid Reads "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan 2009

Bleak is certainly an apt word to use when describing the tone of this novel, but I wouldn't say it was at all depressing.

Archive 2009-09-01 2009

All this, not to mention the contrast presented in "Bleak Earth vs. Beautiful Spaceship ..."

Disney Pushes WALL-E For Best Picture Nomination | /Film 2008

Yes, Esther, in Bleak House is an amazing character.

Living the Dream 2007

(I confess that although I adore Home Comforts, I read it exactly as I often read cookbooks — straight through, enraptured, but finding no more of a call to immediate action than I found in Bleak House or Our Man in Havana.)

Leaving It to the Professionals 2002

(I confess that although I adore Home Comforts, I read it exactly as I often read cookbooks — straight through, enraptured, but finding no more of a call to immediate action than I found in Bleak House or Our Man in Havana.)

Leaving It to the Professionals 2002

a former sailor and secondary character in Bleak House, ponders his life after visiting with the family of his old compadre Bagnet.

Mr George, | clusterflock 2009

It’s easy to tell, from the protractedly unfunny sarcasm about Mrs. Jellyby and the mock-African hellhole of Borrioboola-Gha in Bleak House, that the author did not possess the gift of imaginative sympathy when it came to those outside his immediate ken, or should I say kin.

The Dark Side of Dickens 2010

It’s easy to tell, from the protractedly unfunny sarcasm about Mrs. Jellyby and the mock-African hellhole of Borrioboola-Gha in Bleak House, that the author did not possess the gift of imaginative sympathy when it came to those outside his immediate ken, or should I say kin.

The Dark Side of Dickens 2010

Dickens 'residence was called Fort House, but it became known as Bleak

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