Barnaby Rudge (Everyman's Library)

Dickens, Charles; Hawes, Donald

ISBN 10: 0460877151 / ISBN 13: 9780460877152

Published by Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1996

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"Barnaby Rudge" by Charles Dickens. Published in 1996. ILLUSTRATED! "The title character of Barnaby Rudge, a feeble minded individual, is a passive actor who is swept along by events. Based on Gordon Riots of June 1780, the riots reach a climax in the storming and destruction of the Newgate Prison. This work is famous for its descriptions of mob violence which shows Dickens' descriptive abilities. First published in 1841." Book is in Good condition. Edgewear on the covers. Corners curl up slightly. One spine crease. Slight creasing on back cover. Prices on back cover have been marked out with an inked pen. Neatly inked name, place & date on fly leaf along with a few penciled note/price. Interior is in Very Good condition with some browning on the page margins. Still in Good Used & totally readable condition! Your purchase supports a small business. We want you to love your book so customer service is important to us! All orders come with a FREE bookmark! Shop my Abebooks store and save on shipping!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Barnaby Rudge (Everyman's Library)
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460877151
• ISBN 13: 9780460877152
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Browne, Hablot Knight; Cattermole, George
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classics
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

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 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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