Barnaby Rudge : A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty

by Dickens, Charles (Author); Spence, Gordon W. (Editor/introduction); Spence, Gordon W. (Notes by)

• ISBN13: 9780140437287
• ISBN10: 0140437282
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1870, Barnaby Rudgeis a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved 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 anti-Catholic mobs rampage through 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 Rudgeis a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama. This edition is based on the first one-volume publication of Barnaby Rudge, reproducing all the original illustrations. Appendices include a map of London at the time of the Gordon Riots and the preface to the 1969 edition.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
A Dickens Chronology	ix
Introduction	xiii
Further Reading	xxxv
A Note on the Text and Illustrations	xl
Barnaby Rudge	1	(688)
Appendix I: On the Illustrations	689	(2)
Appendix II: Master Humphrey's Clock Material	691	(8)
Appendix III: Preface to the Cheap Edition (1849)	699	(4)
Appendix IV: Running Titles from the Cheap Edition (1867--8)	703	(5)
Appendix V: Map of London at the Time of the Gordon Riots	708	(2)
Appendix VI: Lord George Gordon and the Gordon Riots	710	(3)
Glossary	713	(5)
Notes	718