{"product_id":"barnaby-rudge-a-tale-of-riots-of-eighty","title":"Barnaby Rudge - A tale of Riots of Eighty","description":"\u003cp\u003e6W Charles Dickens. Eight Illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall 193, Piccadilly aprox. 1875\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:28px] grow flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-turn=\"assistant\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-turn-id=\"48c3d931-a3ac-42bd-b8cd-7f0a669c3efd\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"4256a6b4-4a68-48d9-9cf8-d22a55668d0b\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"331\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"46\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eBarnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty\u003c\/em\u003e is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1841. It’s one of Dickens’s lesser-read works, but it’s fascinating because it dives headfirst into real historical chaos—the Gordon Riots of 1780, a violent uprising in London driven by anti-Catholic sentiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"739\" data-start=\"333\"\u003eThe story centers on Barnaby Rudge, a kind-hearted young man with an intellectual disability, who lives with his secretive mother. Barnaby is innocent, impulsive, and easily influenced—qualities that tragically draw him into the riots. Dickens uses Barnaby to show how ordinary, vulnerable people can be swept up in mass hysteria and political violence without fully understanding what they’re part of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1165\" data-start=\"741\"\u003eAlongside Barnaby’s story, the novel weaves in family feuds, long-buried crimes, and doomed romances, including the bitter Haredale–Chester conflict and the cruel, cynical villain Sir John Chester. As tensions rise, London descends into lawlessness: prisons are burned, homes destroyed, and mobs rule the streets. Dickens’s depiction of the riots is vivid and terrifying, emphasizing how quickly society can unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1391\" data-start=\"1167\"\u003eA memorable—and oddly symbolic—figure is Grip, Barnaby’s talking raven, who adds a gothic, unsettling edge to the novel. (Fun fact: Edgar Allan Poe admired Grip and was likely inspired by him when writing \u003cem data-end=\"1390\" data-start=\"1376\"\u003e“The Raven.”\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1692\" data-start=\"1393\"\u003eOverall, \u003cem data-end=\"1417\" data-start=\"1402\"\u003eBarnaby Rudge\u003c\/em\u003e is about mob mentality, justice, and the danger of fanaticism, showing how fear and prejudice can ignite violence on a massive scale. It may not be as famous as \u003cem data-end=\"1597\" data-start=\"1583\"\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem data-end=\"1620\" data-start=\"1601\"\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/em\u003e, but it’s one of Dickens’s darkest and most politically charged novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3\/4 leather and marble binding, marble endpapers, three edge marble, intact, not dated about 1875, intact, good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56139662327974,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0173\/6563\/1040\/files\/F94EAEEF-A513-42ED-BAF1-63725109D74F.jpg?v=1769556397","url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/barnaby-rudge-a-tale-of-riots-of-eighty","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}