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  • Published: 24 March 2005
  • ISBN: 9780141904894
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448
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Caleb Williams




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 terrible secret. But as he digs deeper into Falkland's past and finally unearths the guilty 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 (1794) makes a radical call to end the tyrannical misuses of power.

  • Published: 24 March 2005
  • ISBN: 9780141904894
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448
Categories:

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