WILLIAM GODWIN, DAVID MCCRACKEN, WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK
Caleb Williams
Paperback
(OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS March 24, 1978)
, New Ed edition
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.
- Series
- Oxford Paperbacks
- ISBN
- 0192812270 / 9780192812278
- Pages
- 351
- Weight
- 12.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.7 x 4.8
in.