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ANOTHER DICKENS CLASSIC

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20060122
Author:MATTHEW GILBERT

PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre" still has the touch when it comes to classic adaptations. Tonight at 9 on Channel 2, the series is introducing a six-part version of "Bleak House," the Charles Dickens novel about a soul-sucking legal case and those whose lives it changes. The miniseries, with a large cast including Gillian Anderson and Charles Dance, is layered with mysteries and unforgettable characters. It's more fine work from screenwriter Andrew Davies, who also adapted "Pride and Prejudice," "The Way We Live Now," and "Middlemarch."

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