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- Author: Charles Reade
- ISBN10: 1406537713
- ISBN13: 9781406537710
Charles Reade 1814-1884 was an English novelist and dramatist. He began his literary career as a dramatist, and it was his own wish that the word 'dramatist' should stand-first in the description of his occupations on his tombstone. His first comedy, The Ladies Battle, appeared in May 1851. It was followed by Angela 1851 , A Village Tale 1852 and The Lost Husband 1852 . But Reades reputation was made by the twoact comedy, Masks and Faces 1852 , in which he collaborated with Tom Taylor. He made his name as a novelist in 1856, when he produced It is Never Too Late to Mend, a novel written with the purpose of reforming abuses in prison discipline and the treatment of criminals. Several novels followed in quick succession, including The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth 1857 , Jack of All Trades 1858 , Love Me Little, Love Me Long 1859 , and White Lies 1860 , which was dramatised as The Double Marriage. In 1861, Reade produced what would become his most famous work, The Cloister and the Hearth, relating the adventures of the father of Erasmus.
