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Many of Dickens’s works include characters with disabilities, such as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol and Phil Squod in Bleak House. How does Dickens’s characterization of Barnaby and his disability compare or contrast with that of his other characters with disabilities? In what ways does Dickens conform to, or diverge from, stereotypes about disabilities common in Victorian England?
The past often repeats itself within the novel. How is the past’s influence in the present depicted? What are the costs of ignoring the past for the various characters? How, and to what extent, can prior mistakes and misdeeds be corrected by the characters in the present?
Dickens incorporates many elements of the Gothic genre into Barnaby Rudge. What are some of these elements? What is the wider significance of these elements in the novel in terms of setting, characterization, and/or themes?
By Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
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Bleak House
Bleak House
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield
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Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son
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Great Expectations
Great Expectations
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Hard Times
Hard Times
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Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
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Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit
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Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
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Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend
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Pickwick Papers
Pickwick Papers
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
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The Signal-Man
The Signal-Man
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