Caleb Williams

Zusatztext A breathtaking plot with twists and turns as the protagonist gets into trouble because of his curiosity Informationen zum Autor Pamela Clemit has previously edited Godwin's St Leon for OWC and is the editor of a multi-volume forthcoming edition of Godwin's Letters for OUP. She is also contributing to the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to British Literature of the French Revolution, 1789-1800. Klappentext Caleb Williams is a psychological thriller and suspenseful tale of detection and pursuit. It is also a powerful political novel, inspired by the events following the French Revolution. This new edition reprints the original novel of 1794, the grittier, topical text that reflects Godwin's political philosophy. Zusammenfassung Caleb Williams is a psychological thriller and suspenseful tale of detection and pursuit. It is also a powerful political novel, inspired by the events following the French Revolution. This new edition reprints the original novel of 1794, the grittier, topical text that reflects Godwin's political philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: William Godwin, Godwin William
• Assisted by: Pamela Clemit (Editor), Pamela (Professor of English Clemit (Editor), Clemit Pamela (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.02.2009
• EAN: 9780199232062
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923206-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, FICTION / Thrillers / Legal, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political / legal thriller, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Classic fiction: general and literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form