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Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Charles Dickens, 'Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty.' Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a… Plus…

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Charles Dickens, 'Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty.' 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 Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Charles Dickens, 'Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty.' 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. Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. A prolific 19th Century author of short stories, plays, novellas, novels, fiction and non-fiction; during his lifetime Dickens became known the world over for his remarkable characters, his mastery of prose in the telling of their lives, and his depictions of the social classes, morals and values of his times. Some considered him the spokesman for the poor, for he defini Classics, Fiction & Literature, Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty~~ Charles Dickens~~Classics~~Fiction & Literature~~9781508021742, en, Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty, Charles Dickens, 9781508021742, Dodo Collections, 08/12/2015, , , , Dodo Collections, 08/12/2015<

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