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Barnaby Rudge

by Charles Dickens

First Published

1800

Subjects

Fiction
Gordon Riots, 1780
History
Apprentices
Locksmiths
Classic Literature
Gordon Riots (1780) fast (OCoLC)fst00944968
Anti-Catholicism
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Fiction, historical
Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Fiction, political
London (england), fiction
Fiction, mystery & detective, historical
Cathedrals
Choral conductors
Missing persons
Great Britain
Fiction, historical, general
Émeutes de Gordon, 1780
Romans, nouvelles
Serruriers
Apprentis
Histoire
Fiction, general
English literature
Gordon riots, 1780--fiction
Pr4555.a2 b37 2003
823.8

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.

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