Barnaby Rudge in 2014, and cast an actor with Down's Syndrome, Daniel Laurie, in the title role. Online editions Commentary Barnaby Rudge Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (commonly known as Barnaby Rudge) is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. "Barnaby Rudge" was one of two novels (the other was "The Old Curiosity Shop") that Dickens published in his short-lived (1840–1841) weekly serial "Master Humphrey's Clock". "Barnaby Rudge" is largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780. "Barnaby Rudge" was the fifth of Dickens' novels to be published. It had originally been planned to appear as his
Charles Gordon (journalist) the short-lived sitcom "Not My Department". He also wrote the afterword for the New Canadian Library edition of Paul Hiebert's influential humor novel "Sarah Binks". He was a three-time nominee for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, garnering nods in 1986 for "The Governor General's Bunny Hop", in 1994 for "How Not to Be Too Bad" and in 2002 for "The Grim Pig". He was granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Brandon in 1994. Charles Gordon (journalist) Charles Gordon (born 1940) is a Canadian writer and retired journalist, best known as a longtime columnist for the "Ottawa