'One of Dickens's most neglected,but most rewarding,novels'Peter AckroydSet 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. 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.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by John Bowen
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780140437287Number of pages: 800Weight: 540 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 42 mm
Charles Dickens
A towering figure in the development of the novel,Charles Dickens was a British writer responsible for some of the best-loved works in the English language,including Oliver Twist,David Copperfield,A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations.
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