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A novel about an ambitious young man, Caleb Williams, who discovers a terrible secret in his master, Ferdinando Falkland's, past and must evade a censorship ban on presenting the novel on the stage.
First publish date: 1832
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: William Godwin
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