Barnaby Rudge (Vintage Dickens) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

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9780099540847: Barnaby Rudge (Vintage Dickens)

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ISBN 10: 0099540843 ISBN 13: 9780099540847

Publisher: Vintage Classics, 2010

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'One of Dickens's most neglected, but most rewarding, novels'
Peter Ackroyd

Barnaby Rudge is a young innocent simpleton who is devoted to his talkative raven, Grip. When he gets caught up in the mayhem of the Gordon riots and a mysterious unsolved murder, his life is put in jeopardy. Barnaby Rudge a powerful historical tale of treachery, forbidden love, abduction and the dangerous power of the mob.

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Barnaby Rudge is a young innocent simpleton who is devoted to his talkative raven, Grip. When he gets caught up in the mayhem of the Gordon riots and a mysterious unsolved murder, his life is put in jeopardy.

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"Charles Dickens is one of the giants of English literature" (Sunday Express)

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