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""Contents""; ""AUTHOR�S PREFACE""; ""PART I""; ""CHAPTER I. Grandfather and the Children and the Chair.""; ""CHAPTER II. The Puritans and the Lady Arbella.""; ""CHAPTER III. A Rainy Day.""; ""CHAPTER IV. Troublous Times.""; ""CHAPTER V. The Government of New England.""; ""CHAPTER VI. The Pine-Tree Shillings.""; ""CHAPTER VII. The Quakers and the Indians.""; ""CHAPTER VIII. The Indian Bible.""; ""CHAPTER IX. England And New England.""; ""CHAPTER X. The Sunken Treasure.""; ""CHAPTER XI. What the Chair had Known.""; ""APPENDIX TO PART I.""; ""PART II"" |
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""CHAPTER I. The Chair In The Firelight.""""CHAPTER II. The Salem Witches.""; ""CHAPTER III. The Old-Fashioned School.""; ""CHAPTER IV. Cotton Mather.""; ""CHAPTER V. The Rejected Blessing.""; ""CHAPTER VI. Pomps And Vanities.""; ""CHAPTER VII. The Provincial Muster.""; ""CHAPTER VIII. The Old French War and the Acadian Exiles.""; ""CHAPTER IX. The End Of The War.""; ""CHAPTER X. Thomas Hutchinson.""; ""APPENDIX TO PART II.""; ""PART III""; ""CHAPTER I. A New-Year�s Day.""; ""CHAPTER II. The Stamp Act.""; ""CHAPTER III. The Hutchinson Mob.""; ""CHAPTER IV. The British Troops In Boston."" |
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""CHAPTER V. The Boston Massacre.""""CHAPTER VI. A Collection Of Portraits.""; ""CHAPTER VII. The Tea Party And Lexington.""; ""CHAPTER VIII. The Siege Of Boston.""; ""CHAPTER IX. The Tory�s Farewell.""; ""CHAPTER X. The War For Independence.""; ""CHAPTER XI. Grandfather�s Dream.""; ""APPENDIX TO PART III."" |
| Summary |
Dickens' Barnaby Rudge is both an intensely private examination of the relationship between father and son and a grand tale of rebellion in the public arena. Set in the boiling agitation of 1780's London with a cast of truly Dickensian characters, Barnaby Rudge is Dickens' first historical novel, outlining the events of the Gordon Riots |
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 fast |
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Gordon Riots, 1780 -- Fiction
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London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
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England -- London
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Fiction
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History
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Electronic book
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