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Barnaby Rudge
by Charles Dickens
ISBN: 0140430903
ISBN-13: 9780140430905
Format: Paperback
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Summary
One of Dickens's most socially conscious novels, BARNABY RUDGE dramatizes the conflict between apprentice and master that resulted in violence in both public and private. Set in 1780 during the Gordon "No Popery" riots, the plot involves a murder that occurred 20 years earlier, as well as the results of the anti-Catholic mob violence. One of Dickens's two historical novels, BARNABY RUDGE includes an vividly drawn cast of characters: Dolly Varden, one of his most appealing heroines; Geoffrey Haredale, staunch Catholic and brother of the murdered man; the unctuous servant Miss Miggs; Joe Willet the bumptious pub owner; and Dennis, the loathsome and cowardly hangman.
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Publisher: Penguin USA
Published date: 1974
Size: 4.25 x 7 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Set at the time of the Gordon anti-Catholic riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is Dicken's powerful, atmospheric novel of madness, murder, and lurid mob violence. It is also a tale of love thwarted by the designs of Geoffrey Haredale and the villain Sir John Chester, and the heroism of Edward Chester in rescuing the innocent Emma. Other characters include Lord George Gordon himself, and Grip, the raven who inspired Edgar Allan Poe's poem.
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Barnaby Rudge (Penguin English Library)
Dickens, Charles
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Classics. Paperback. 0140430903 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall appears unread; solid uncreased spine; firm & tight binding; minor edgewear to cover; pages yellowing, otherwise clean, unmarked pages . Very Good. 1986. ( more information) Offered by AzioMedia.com (United States)
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Charles Dickens
Penguin Books, 1974-02. Paperback. Good. This paperback book is in good condition. ( more information) Offered by The Book Center (United States)
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Dickens, Charles
Penguin Classics. PAPERBACK. 0140430903 Good - carefully read. Very clean and nice. Usual light spine creasing. Usual light cover creasing. Pages very clean and nice. ** Meanwhile, it's just sitting on the shelf getting bored and waiting for a loving buyer! ** Sent within 1 working day by UK seller, available by email for queries. ** in stock ** ideal gift. ** Amazon A-Z Guaranteed Seller. . Good. ( more information) Offered by magic marks books (United Kingdom)
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New York: Everyman Paperback, 1966 1966 everyman paperback edition. Sound, clean & nice copy, light rubbing/edgewear to wraps. Mild creasing. Stamped.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/n/a. ( more information) Offered by The Book Women (United States)
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Dickens, Charles (ed by Gordon Spence) (illust by George Cattermole & Hablot K. Browne) (cover art by Phiz)
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) 1986 Paperback Reprint ISBN 0-14-043090-3. GD+ Light creasing to covers, small stain to front cover, slight lean, light creasing to spine, internally very clean throughout.. ( more information) Offered by N & A Smiles (Australia)
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DICKENS, CHARLES
Penguin Books, London: 1982. Softcover. Reading copy. ISBN: 0140430903. ( more information) Offered by Ad Infinitum Books (United States)
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Charles Dickens; Contributor-Gordon W. Spence
Penguin Classics, 1974-02-28. Paperback. Good. Edge and corner wear. Creases to cover. Creases to spine. Pages still clean and tight. ( more information) Offered by Half Price Books, Inc. (United States)
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Dickens, Charles; Spence, G. W. (editor)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1974. Very minor shelf wear.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Johnny's Used Books (United States)
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Charles Dickens; Contributor-Gordon W. Spence
Penguin Classics, 1974-02-28. Paperback. Good. Slight edge and corner wear. Creased spine. ( more information) Offered by Half Price Books, Inc. (United States)
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Dickens, Charles
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Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'eighty
Dickens, Charles
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1974 Used very good. Tear 1/2" at top of spine and minimal shelf wear or book would be new... ( more information) Offered by A2zbooks (United States)
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Dickens, Charles
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