In Chapter 31 of Charles Dickens’s “Bleak House,” Esther Summerson realizes that ... or typhus. We know how diseases spread. Doctors around the world are working on vaccines and treatments ...

Poverty, disease and death were never far away, so it was inevitable that some of the characters in Bleak House, adapted by Andrew Davies, would succumb to one, if not all of the above.

Poverty, disease and death were never far away, so it was inevitable that some of the characters in Bleak House, adapted by Andrew Davies, would succumb to one, if not all of the above.

Finally, Martin is believably wholesome, three-dimensional and heartbreaking as Esther, a saintly character marked by poverty, suffering and literally the disease of smallpox. “Bleak House” is ...

What will become of the quietly compelling Esther Summerson, a girl of sterling character who has no family of her own, and who has been brought to live at the ominously named Bleak House by the ...

Yet Bleak House also is a puzzle about Esther Summerson (Anna Maxwell Martin), an orphan who wonders who her parents were. Once that mystery is solved, the drama becomes a feverish quest to ...

Esther Summerson is sent to live at Bleak House where she is welcomed by John Jarndyce. Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought to the High Court of Chancery, where she is thrown together with ...

With the characters of Bleak House, who are all connected to a long ... Tonight, in the principle corner, is the titleless orphan Esther Summerson (Anna Maxwell Martin). Left horribly scarred ...