Charles Reade

Charles Reade ( born June 8, 1814 Ipsden, Oxfordshire, England; † April 11, 1884 in London ) was an English writer.

Reade was born the son of John Reade and his wife Anne Marie Scott - Waring House in Ipsden. His studies, which he completed in 1835 with the title of Bachelors, he graduated at Magdalen College, Oxford University.

Topic

From his socially critical narratives of the historical novel, The Cloister and the Hearth by the live full representation of late medieval Europe, is particularly noteworthy.

Works (selection)

  • Masks and Faces. , 1852.
  • Peg Woffington. 1853.
  • Christie Johnstone.
  • It Is Never Too Late to Mend. In 1856.
  • Autobiography of a Thief. In 1858.
  • Jack of All Trades.
  • Love Me Little, Love Me Long. In 1859.
  • The Cloister and the Hearth. , 1861.
  • Hard Cash. , 1863.
  • Griffith Gaunt. , 1866.
  • Foul Play. , 1869.
  • Put Yourself in His Place. In 1870.
  • A Terrible Temptation. In 1871.
  • The Wandering Heir. In 1873.
  • A Woman Hater. In 1877.
  • A Perilous Secret. In 1884.
  • The works. AMS Press, New York 1970
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