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When young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins to suspect that his master is hiding a terrible secret. His unearthing of the guilty truth proves calamitous when - despite Caleb loyally swearing never to reveal his discovery - 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) embodies a radical appeal to end the abuses of power while simultaneously exploring the complexities of that endeavour. In his introduction to this revised edition, Maurice Hindle examines Godwin's background in religious dissent, the politics and literature of his revolutionary times, and his belief in 'philosophical anarchism'. Along with updated further reading, notes and a chronology, the appendices include Godwin's previously unpublished but ground-breaking 1797 essay 'Of History and Romance'. Book jacket.
ISBN-13

9780192553317

ISBN-10

0192553313

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$9.95

Format

Hardcover

Pages

xxxi, 351 pages

Publisher

Oxford Univ Pr

Published On

1970-04-15


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