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Barnaby Rudge

Charles Dickens

3.82/5 (9635 ratings)

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Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution. Through the course of the novel fathers and sons become opposed, apprenctices plot against their masters and anti-Catholic mobs rampage through the streets. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge struggles to escape the curse of his own past. With its dramatic descriptions of public violence and private horror, its strange secrets and ghostly doublings, Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama.

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Pages:: 744 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Penguin Classics

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0140437282

ISBN13:: 9780140437287

kindle Asin:: B077ZHHRCP

Barnaby Rudge

Charles Dickens

3.82/5 (9635 ratings)

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Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution. Through the course of the novel fathers and sons become opposed, apprenctices plot against their masters and anti-Catholic mobs rampage through the streets. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge struggles to escape the curse of his own past. With its dramatic descriptions of public violence and private horror, its strange secrets and ghostly doublings, Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama.

Format:

Pages:: 744 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Penguin Classics

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0140437282

ISBN13:: 9780140437287

kindle Asin:: B077ZHHRCP

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