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Cloudesley: a Tale, by the Author of "Caleb Williams

Cloudesley: a Tale, by the Author of "Caleb Williams

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Cloudesley: a Tale, by the Author of "Caleb Williams

by Godwin, William

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London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. xiv, 274; [ii], 282; [ii], 345. Bound without ads in volumes I and III. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary quarter black calf and marbled boards. Endpapers foxed, upper joint of second volume repaired, otherwise a very nice copy. Front free endpapers bear the pencilled ownership inscription of James Wood. First edition. xiv, 274; [ii], 282; [ii], 345. Bound without ads in volumes I and III. 3 vols. 12mo. Godwin's fifth novel, published when he was 74 years old. "Cloudesley is a story of deceit and usurpation, fraud and prolonged guilt; but, far more importantly, it is the story of how a man raises himself from crime to transcend not only his own past but the apparently inexorable laws of blood-relations and class divisions ... [it[ is the greatest example of a theme frequently returned to in Godwin's work, a theme obviously close to his heart: the ability of human beings to transcend the apparent logic of consanguinity and to form parental and filial relations with those to whom they are not related by blood." (Allen, Graham. "Cloudesley; A Tale". The Literary Encyclopedia). Wolff 2386

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Title
Cloudesley: a Tale, by the Author of "Caleb Williams
Author
Godwin, William
Format/Binding
Xiv, 274; [ii], 282; [ii], 345. Bound without ads in volumes I and III. 3 vols. 12mo
Book Condition
Used - Contemporary quarter black calf and marbled boards. Endpapers foxed, upper joint of second volume repaired, otherwise a very nic
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Edition
First edition
Publisher
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1830
Keywords
British | William Godwin
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