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Barnaby Rudge

Charles Dickens,

Hablot Knight Browne (Illustrator),

John Bowen (Introduction)

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May 25, 2021 Laura (Reading is a Doing Word) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, classics-trad-and-modern, 2021-read, dickens

The 5th book in my Dickens challenge
I think this book may be my favourite Dickens so far (although Mr Pickwick still holds a special place in my heart!)
It’s hard to summarise everything this story covers but it was varied and insightful and suspenseful and wonderful!
The full title is: “Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'eighty” and it deals with the Gordon (anti-Catholic) Riots in London in 1780 whilst also following the fortunes of young Barnaby Rudge and other acquaintances of his. The tal ...more

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Jan 22, 2025 Toni rated it really liked it

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May 26, 2014 Christine rated it liked it

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Classic Serial on BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b044ghp2

Dramatised by Mike Walker from Charles Dickens's novel set against the background of the anti-catholic riots of the 1780s.

1. When young Ned Chester is set upon by a highwaymen no-one thinks that his assailant might be connected to the violent murder of his beloved Emma's father, Reuben Haredale. The murderer that night, five years ago, was assumed to be William Rudge, who has disappeared without trace, leaving his wife and son Barnaby ...more

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