Things as they are, or, The adventures of Caleb Williams
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Things as they are, or, The adventures of Caleb Williams
（Penguin classics）
Penguin, 2005
Reprinted with corrections
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Caleb Williams, or, Things as they are
Caleb Williams
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"Reprinted with corrections 2005"--T.p. verso
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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 terrible secret. But as he digs deeper into Falkland's past and finally unearths the guilty 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 (1794) makes a radical call to end the tyrannical misuses of power.
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