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Writing Quality
Customers generally praise the writing quality of Barnaby Rudge, noting its ease of reading and Dickens' masterful description. However, some express disappointment with an accompanying academic review and prefer the tactile experience of holding a physical book.
Characters
Customers have a generally positive opinion on the well-developed and intricately portrayed characters in Barnaby Rudge, with some noting the interplay and subplots that connect them. A few mention the villains having redeeming qualities and the historical setting providing context for the character development.
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Quality
The text is well edited and readable: 5 star quality.
This is a harsh, hard hitting book that pulls no punches.
The fire, the attacks on the prison are truly gripping.
People are crushed underfoot, men are consumed by the very fires they had set, and decent people stand by because they are powe... Read More
Shipping
It arrived early and was very well packaged.
Competitiveness
) even though the old curiosity shop comes between nicholas nickelby and barnaby rudge, barnaby rudge demonstrates all the stre... Read More
The book is a mere 634 pages, that is, two thirds as long as copperfield but a 100 pages longer than the old curiosity shop.
Chesterton described a taste for early dickens as similar to a taste for new potatoes as opposed to mature potatoes.
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
novel, two, historical and first. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 550 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 9 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is one of his 34historical34 novels but does not have the character interest as in lets say 34a tale of two cities
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A lesser known dickens book but still full of colorful characters and the plot twists we have come to expect from him
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This is one of two historical novels that dickens wrotethe other one being the tale of two cities
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The riots were brutal and savage based on pure prejudice
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Many catholics had their houses burned down
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The rioters even burned down the london jail when some of their fellow rioters were imprisoned
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One of the protagonists is barnaby rudge a boy with downs syndrome
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His pet raven has much to say in repeating what he hears
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