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Barnaby Rudge

Charles Dickens - Author

Gordon W. Spence - Editor/introduction

Gordon W. Spence - Notes by

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ISBN 9780140437287 | 768 pages | 29 Apr 2003 | Penguin Classics | 5.07 x 7.79in | 18 - AND UP
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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.

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