Contributions

  • Bowen, John. - Contributor

Publication

2003 - Penguin Books, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

255,473 words, Calculated

Page Count

744 pages

Identifiers

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  • Goodreads11026

Classifications

  • DDC823/.8
  • LCCPR4555.A2 B37 2003
  • LCCPZ3.D55 B40
and 1 more
  • LCCPR4555 B40

Description

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, apprentices plot against their masters and Protestants clash with Catholics on the streets. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge himself 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.

Description

A young man's innocent involvement in a revolt serves as the basis for Dickens's historical novel about the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

Series Statement

  • Penguin classics

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  • Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the riots of 'eightyPenguin Books2003-01-01
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