Thursday, May 28, 2026

A law-writer’s hand

[From Bleak House (dir. Justin Chadwick and Susanna White, 2005. Click for a much larger view.]

It’s yet another legal document in the endless case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce.

The 2005 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Bleak House is exceedingly terrific. And speaking of Bleak House : is there another novel that so hinges on matters of handwriting and literacy?

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[I think 2005 is superior to the BBC’s 1985 adapatation. Both are streaming at Amazon Prime.]

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