barnaby rudge tale riots eighty von dickens charles introduction notes andrew (1 Ergebnisse)

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Leather. 8vo. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, UK. No date. C.1890s. 2 Volumes. 415, 429 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in 3/4 leather by Sotheran & Co/Riviere & Sons with martching marble paper covered boards with gilt titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards (spines are sunned and faded). Light foxing present. Name clipped from the top edge of the FFEP. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge is a vivid portrait of London's descent into anarchy, where 'King Mob' rules the streets, and innocent lives are swept up in the chaos. 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. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.