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- Author: William Godwin
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2016
- Pages: 244
- ISBN-10: 1537245791
- ISBN-13: 9781537245799
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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By William Godwin is a three-volume novel written as a call to end the abuse of power by what Godwin saw as a tyrannical government. Intended as a popularisation of the ideas presented in his 1793 treatise Political Justice Godwin uses Caleb Williams to show how legal and other institutions can and do destroy individuals, even when the people the justice system touches are innocent of any crime. This reality, in Godwin's mind, was therefore a description of "things as they are." The original manuscript included a preface that was removed from publication, because its content alarmed booksellers of the time.
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- Author: William Godwin
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2016
- Pages: 244
- ISBN-10: 1537245791
- ISBN-13: 9781537245799
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
By William Godwin is a three-volume novel written as a call to end the abuse of power by what Godwin saw as a tyrannical government. Intended as a popularisation of the ideas presented in his 1793 treatise Political Justice Godwin uses Caleb Williams to show how legal and other institutions can and do destroy individuals, even when the people the justice system touches are innocent of any crime. This reality, in Godwin's mind, was therefore a description of "things as they are." The original manuscript included a preface that was removed from publication, because its content alarmed booksellers of the time.
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