The legal case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce', which has dragged on for generations, is the central plot device of which novel?
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Correct answer: Bleak House
Bleak House uses the interminable Chancery court case to symbolize the corruption and stagnation of the British legal system. The suit ends not with a verdict, but because legal costs have consumed the entire estate in dispute.
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