Barnaby Rudge(III)巴納比·拉奇(英文版)
ItwasDickens'firsthistoricalnovel.HisonlyotheristhemuchlaterATaleofTwoCities,alsosetinrevolutionarytimes.Itisoneofhislesspopularnovelsandhasrarelybeenadaptedforfilmortelevision.Thelastproductionwasa1960BBCproduction;priortothat,silentfilmsweremadein1911and1915.SetagainstthebackdropoftheGordonRiotsof1780,BarnabyRudgeisastoryofmysteryandsuspensewhichbeginswithanunsolveddoublemurderandgoesontoinvolveconspiracy,blackmail,abductionandretribution.Throughthecourseofthenovelfathersandsonsbecomeopposed,apprenticesplotagainsttheirmastersandProtestantsclashwithCatholicsonthestreets.And,asLondoneruptsintoriot,BarnabyRudgehimselfstrugglestoescapethecurseofhisownpast.Withitsdramaticdescriptionsofpublicviolenceandprivatehorror,itsstrangesecretsandghostlydoublings,BarnabyRudgeisapowerful,disturbingblendofhistoricalrealismandGothicmelodrama.
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