# Caleb Williams

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- Book: [Caleb Williams](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-godwin/caleb-williams) ([Caleb Williams.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-godwin/caleb-williams.md))
- Authors: [William Godwin](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-godwin)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4144-123-8
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2005-02-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.