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Bleak House

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noun

  1. a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.


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Barras and Fearon had travelled from Newark in Nottinghamshire that evening to raid Bleak House, where Martin stored antiques.

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The shooting at Martin's farmhouse in Emneth Hungate, known as Bleak House, caused a national debate over homeowners' rights.

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West, who was married to actress Prunella Scales for more than 60 years, appeared in TV sitcoms Not Going Out, dramas such as Bleak House and Gentleman Jack, and soaps Coronation Street and EastEnders.

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They had travelled from Newark in Nottinghamshire that evening to raid the property, called Bleak House, where Martin stored antiques.

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Bleak House, he said, while already considered in a bad state of repair in 2000, was now "shuttered up and rotting away even more".

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