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Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty
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Barnaby Rudge is Charles Dickens's historical novel set against the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780, combining a murder mystery with the story of London swept up in violent unrest. Readers who enjoy historical fiction, mystery, and Dickens's wider work will find it rewarding.
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.
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