Barnaby Rudge
Barnaby Rudge
Author: Charles Dickens
Desc: 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.