Embedded in the framework of a smoldering inheritance dispute in an old aristocratic family - settled in Bleak House - Charles Dickens devotes one of his most famous novels to the drama of two women who know nothing about each other and yet need each other so much. While one of them is desperately searching for a foothold in society, the other one breaks down due to the constraints of this very society. In this monumental reading of Charles Dickens' masterpiece, Gert Westphal fans out the so aptly drawn characters before the listener and gives them, from ragamuffin to lady, their own voice. Unabridged reading with Gert Westphal 2 mp3 CDs approx. 13 h 19 min.