Barnaby Rudge - 9781540622662

Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty (Barnaby Rudge), usually known in English as Barnaby Rudge, is a historical novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Published in England by Chapman & Hall as a soap opera of eighty-eight weekly episodes from February to November 1841 in the ephemeral Master Humphrey's Clock magazine ( "Humphrey's Clock," 1840-1841). The story is about a former murder in a small town not far from London, where some twenty-five years later the anti-Catholic riots called Gordon Riots, led by Lord George Gordon, On 10 June 1780 in London, caused considerable damage and many victims. Barnaby Rudge is the seventh novel by Charles Dickens, first conceived in 1836 under the title Gabriel Vardon, The Locksmith of London (Richard Gabriel VardonN, London Locksmith), for Richard Bentley who dreams of a great novel in Three volumes (three-decker) for his review, the Bentley's Miscellany. Long delayed by various editorial disputes, it is finally collected in a single volume by Chapman & Hall with its definitive title. This is Dickens' first essay in the historical genre, the second being A Tale of Two Cities, published in 1859 and located at the time of the French Revolution. The first edition was illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot K (night) Browne, known as Phiz

• | Author: Charles Dickens, G-Ph Ballin
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Nov 24, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 624 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1540622665
• | ISBN-13: 9781540622662