The Greatest Novels of Charles Reade (eBook)

Historical Novels & Victorian Romances: The Cloister and the Hearth, Griffith Gaunt, Hard Cash…

Charles Reade (Autor)

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2021
3537 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406638356-5 (EAN)

Infos

This meticulously edited collection contains the best works of Charles Reade, English novelist and dramatist, famous for his historical novels:
"The Cloister and the Hearth" is a Reade's most successful work. The story is set in 15th century and it is based on the life of parents of the infamous philosopher Erasmus.
"Griffith Gaunt" is a tale of a poor man who makes his fortune and a fine living, but has one weakness in the form of an insane jealousy
"Hard Cash" highlights the abuses of private lunatic asylums.
"It Is Never Too Late to Mend" depicts abuses in prison discipline and the treatment of criminals.
"Peg Woffington" portrays the London success of the Irish actress Peg Woffington and featured other prominent figures of the days such as David Garrick.
"Put Yourself in His Place" tells the story is of an English manufacturing town in which Henry Little, a worker and inventor, is persecuted by trade unions, jealous because he was better trained than his fellows.
"Foul Play" – In Victorian Britain a clergyman is wrongly convicted of a crime and transported to Australia.

Autor

Charles Reade (1814-1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Reade began his literary career as a dramatist, making his reputation by the two-act comedy, Masks and Faces. He made his name as a novelist and became famous because of his novel The Cloister and the Hearth which was based on a few lines by the medieval humanist Erasmus about the life of his parents.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.5.2021
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Schlagworte: Abuses Lunatic Asylums • Actress London Society • British literature 19th century • dovetail • Drown Her Sorrows • From Sand and Ash • historical fiction England • Jane Austen • Jane Eyre • Jealousy Wealth Relationship • Prison Reform Novel • Social Issues Historical Fiction • Storm Clouds Rolling In • The MacKinnon's Bride • The Prophecy • Trade Union Conflict • Victorian Morality Themes • When We Believed in Mermaids • Where the Lost Wander • Wrongful Conviction Australia