Barnaby Rudge a Tale of the Riots of Eighty — Charles Dickens

Barnaby Rudge A Tale of the Riots of Eighty is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels the other was The Old Curiosity Shop that Dickens published in his short lived 1840 1841 weekly serial Master Humphrey s Clock Barnaby Rudge is largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780 Barnaby Rudge was the fifth of Dickens novels to be published It had initially been planned to appear as his first but changes of publisher led to many delays and it first appeared in serial form in the Clock from February to November 1841 It was Dickens first historical novel His only other is A Tale of Two Cities 1859 also set in revolutionary times It is one of his less popular novels and has rarely been adapted for film or television The last production was a 1960 BBC production prior to that silent films were made in 1911 and 1915