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Esther, Ada and Richard receive a warm welcome at Bleak House from Mr Jarndyce. There they are introduced to his friend, Harold Skimpole, a man who shirks responsibility for his actions ...

Bleak House offers a satirical assault on the greed ... Nathaniel Parker is the scrounger Harold Skimpole, while Ian Richardson contents himself with near-bottom billing as the Lord Chancellor ...

Esther, Ada and Richard receive a warm welcome at Bleak House from Mr Jarndyce. There they are introduced to his friend, Harold Skimpole (Nathaniel Parker), a man who shirks responsibility for his ...

In the middle of Bleak House, the heroine ... When John Jarndyce’s irresponsible friend Harold Skimpole takes advantage of the household’s generosity it is Esther who exposes him as a fraud.

With memorable characters including heroine and narrator Esther Summerson, lawyer Tulkinghorn, John Jarndyce and the childish Harold Skimpole, Bleak House revolves around the long running ...

Bleak House offers a satirical assault on the greed ... Nathaniel Parker is the scrounger Harold Skimpole, while Ian Richardson contents himself with near-bottom billing as the Lord Chancellor ...