Description: Barnaby Rudge : A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty, Paperback by Dickens, Charles; Bowen, John (EDT); Spence, Gordon W. (CON), ISBN 0140437282, ISBN-13 9780140437287, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 'One of Dickens' most neglected, but most rewarding, novels' Peter Ackroyd Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge is a vivid portrait of London's descent into anarchy, where 'King Mob' rules the streets, and innocent lives are swept up in the chaos. 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. This edition is based on the one-volume publication of Barnaby Rudge, reproducing all the original illustrations by 'Phiz' and George Cattermole. Appendices include a map of London at the time of the Gordon Riots and the preface to the 1868 edition. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
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Book Title: Barnaby Rudge
Number of Pages: 768 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Item Height: 1.4 in
Topic: Classics, Mystery & Detective / Historical, Literary, Political, Historical
Publication Year: 2003
Illustrator: Yes
Features: Revised
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Charles Dickens
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
