Barnaby Rudge
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1 online resource (1 audio file (23hr., 58 min.)) : digital.
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access - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2008.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Simon Vance. |
Summary, etc.: | Dickens's first historical novel is set in 1780s England at the time of the Gordon Riots. In a case of mistaken identification, Barnaby Rudge, a pale half-wit with long red hair who dresses all in green and carries a large raven on his back, is arrested as the leader of a mob of anti-Catholic rioters. He is condemned to death on the gallows, but an upright locksmith named Gabriel Varden comes to his aid. Dickens provides another memorable cast of characters, including the dull-witted, tyrannical John Willet, Dennis the Hangman, and Hugh the savage ostler. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | London (England) History 18th century Fiction Gordon Riots, 1780 Fiction |