Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332804641
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)
Book Synopsis Barnaby Rudge, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Charles Dickens
Download or read book Barnaby Rudge, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Dickens and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Barnaby Rudge, Vol. 1 of 2 The raven in this story is a compound of two great origi nals, of whom I have been, at different times, the proud possessor. The first was in the bloom of his youth, when he was discovered in a modest retirement in London, by a friend of mine, and given to me. He had from the first, as Sir Hugh Evans says of Anne Page, good gifts, which he improved by study and attention in a most exemplary manner. He slept in a stable - generally on horseback - and so terrified a Newfoundland dog by his preternatural sagacity, that he has been known, by the mere superiority of his genius, to walk off unmolested with the dog's dinner, from before his face. He was rapidly rising in acquirements and virtues, when, in an evil hour, his stable was newly painted. He observed the workmen closely, saw that they were careful of the paint, and immediately burned to possess it. On their going to dinner, he ate up all they had left behind, consisting of a pound or two of white lead; and this youthful indis cretion terminated in death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
