Bleak House character list below for the supposed inspiration of individual characters). Although not a character, the "Jarndyce and Jarndyce" case is a vital part of the novel. It is believed to have been inspired by a number of real-life Chancery cases involving wills, including those of Charles Day and William Jennens, and of Charlotte Smith's father-in-law Richard Smith. Much criticism of "Bleak House" focuses on its unique narrative structure: it is told both by a third-person omniscient narrator and a first-person narrator (Esther Summerson). The omniscient narrator speaks in the present tense and is a dispassionate observer. Esther Summerson tells her
Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, published in 1996. "Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten" is a three-adventure campaign for the Ravenloft setting, consisting of "Adventure One, Whom Fortune Would Destroy", "Adventure Two, The Baron", and "Adventure Three, Homecoming". In "Whom Fortune Would Destroy", the player characters are stranded on a remote desert island and the guests of a revered psychologist whose treatments at the Asylum seem effective but disturbing. "The Baron"