Barnaby Rudge
by Charles Dickensliterary work· published 1840
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Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution. Through the course of the novel fathers and sons become opposed, apprentices plot against their masters and Protestants clash with Catholics on the streets. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge himself struggles to escape the curse of his own past. With its dramatic descriptions of public violence and private horror, its strange secrets and ghostly doublings, Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama.
Adaptations (2)
Barnaby Rudge has been adapted 2 times, across film and television series, from 1915 to 1960.
Barnaby Rudge1915 · film · dir. Thomas Bentley, Cecil M. Hepworth · IMDb ↗IMDb3.4A murderer's idiot son, jailed as an anti-Catholic rioter, is pardoned on the scaffold.
Barnaby Rudge1960 · television series · 30 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.6Murder mystery interwoven with the historical events of England's Gordon riots of 1780, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
