Caleb Williams

Godwin, William 1756-1836 (Author). Clemit, Pamela. (Added Author).

Summary: 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. - ;'He appears to be persecutor and I the persecuted: is not this difference the mere creature of the imagination?'Caleb is a guileless young servant who enters the employment of Ferdinando Falkland, a cosmopolitan and benevolent country gentleman. Falkland is subject to fits of unexplain.

Record details

ISBN: 019156740X
ISBN: 9780191567407
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xli, 362 pages) : facsimile.
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	First ed., London, 1794 has title: Things as they are, or, The adventures of Caleb Williams.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxiv).
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of William Godwin; CALEB WILLIAMS; Volume I; Volume II; Volume III; Appendix A: Manuscript Ending of Caleb Williams; Appendix B: The 1794 Preface to Caleb Williams; Appendix C: The Second and Third Editions: Selected Variants; Appendix D: Godwin's 1832 Account of the Composition of Caleb Williams; Explanatory Notes.
Target Audience Note:	1160L Lexile
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.