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Caleb Williams

by William Godwin
Caleb Williams

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ISBN13: 9780141441238
ISBN10: 0141441232
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When honest young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins to suspect that his new master is hiding a secret. As he digs deeper into Falkland’s past and finally unearths the horrible truth, the results of his curiosity prove calamitous when—even though Caleb has loyally sworn never to disclose what he has discovered—the Squire enacts a cruel revenge. A tale of gripping suspense and psychological power, William Godwin’s novel creates a searing depiction of the intolerable persecution meted out to a good man in pursuit of justice and equality. Written to expose the political oppression and corrupt hierarchies its author saw in the world around him, Caleb Williams makes a radical call to end the tyrannical misuses of power.

  • Revised introduction examines Godwin's background of religious dissent, the literary and political climate of his times, and his belief in "philosophical anarchism"
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William Godwin (1756–1836), radical philospher and novelist, was an important figure in the transition from Enlightenment thinking to Romanticism during the early nineteenth century. He married Mary Wollstonecraft, who died shortly after giving birth to their daughter, the novelist Mary Shelley.

Maurice Hindle edited Frankenstein and Dracula for Penguin Classics and teaches at the Open University.


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ISBN:
9780141441238
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/30/2005
Publisher:
PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE
Series info:
Penguin Classics
Pages:
384
Height:
.81IN
Width:
5.12IN
Thickness:
1.00
Series:
Penguin Classics
Age Range:
18 and up
Grade Range:
13 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2005
UPC Code:
2800141441230
Author:
Maurice Hindle
Editor:
Maurice Hindle
Author:
William Godwin
Author:
Maurice (EDT) Hindle
Author:
William Godwin
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z

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