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Barnaby Rudge

Charles Dickens

Published in 1841 as part of MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, the journal founded by Dickens, BARNABY RUDGE is the earlier of Dickens's two historical novels(the other being A TALE OF TWO CITIES).It is set in the period of the Gordon anti-popery riotof 1780 and contains powerful evocations of mob violence, culminating in the sackof Newgate.The main story is a romantic one about the troubled love affair of Emma Haredale, whose father has been mysteriously murdered, and Edward Chester, sonof Sir John Chester, a villain who helps to instigate the

Book Details

  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: Apr 15th, 1996
  • Pages: 600
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.78in - 5.14in - 1.67in - 1.06lb
  • EAN: 9780460877152
  • Categories: ClassicsHistorical - General