num_pages: 648
description: This vivid historical and political novel by Dickens is centred on the infamous 'No Popery' riots, instigated by Lord George Gordon, which terrorised London in 1780. Dickens' targets are prejudice, intolerance, religious bigotry and nationalistic fervour, together with the villains who exploit these for selfish ends.His intense account of the riots is interwoven with the mysterious tale of a long-unsolved murder and with a romance involving forbidden love, treachery and heroism. Barnaby Rudge abounds in memorably strange, comic and grotesque characters. Furthermore, recent historical events have renewed its political topicality.
language: English
title: Barnaby Rudge
titlecomplete: Barnaby Rudge
characters: Lord George Gordon
genres: Fiction, Historical, English Literature, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 10571
places: London, England
awards: name: جائزة د. جابر عصفور لترجمة الآداب والدراسات النقدية من المركز القومي للترجمة بمصر
publisher: Wordsworth Editions