Barnaby Rudge
Автор:
Charles DickensЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2026-04-06Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
250
Description
Barnaby Rudge opens in the English village of Chigwell in 1775, where an unsolved double murder casts a long shadow over the local community, and in particular Barnaby Rudge, the son of one of the victims. Five years later, London is consumed by the Gordon Riots of 1780, when Lord George Gordon led the Protestant Association in a protest against increased rights for Catholics that descended into days of mob violence. Into this maelstrom wanders Barnaby, a guileless young man with an intellectual disability, recognized across the countryside by his eccentric dress and by Grip, the raven riding on his shoulder. Easily led and hungry for excitement, Barnaby is drawn into the riots, marching under a banner he doesn’t understand towards consequences...
