[Barnaby Rudge]
Year:
1841
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Penguin
Year of publication:
2010
Pages:
896
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
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Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
This is an historical novel covering the Gordon riots of 1780 against popery. Barnaby Rudge is a young innocent simpleton who is devoted to his talkative raven, Grip. When he gets caught up in the mayhem of the Gordon riots and a mysterious unsolved murder, his life is put in jeopardy. Barnaby Rudge a powerful historical tale of treachery, forbidden love, abduction and the dangerous power of the mob.
Charles Dickens was born in Kent, England, in 1812 and died in 1870. This is an evocative description of the riots and deals with the many effects of capital punishment. It highlights the power of mob violence. It was Dicken's first historical novel and nowhere near scaled the heights of 'The Tale of Two Cities' much later.
Author: Cliff Cobb, United Kingdom
Update on: Apr 2023