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Rudge, Barnaby

Rudge, Barnaby

grotesquely dressed, retarded son of a murderer. [Br. Lit.: Barnaby Rudge]
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In Barnaby Rudge, Barnaby's "darkened intellect," his lack of coherent memory, leads to his participation in the riots, oblivious as he is of their political significance.
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