Charles Reade (1814–1884)
Autore di The Cloister and the Hearth
Sull'Autore
Charles Reade, 1814 - 1884 Charles Reade was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, on June 8, 1814. He entered Magdalen College, at Oxford, earning his B.A. in 1835, and became a fellow of the college. He was subsequently dean of arts, and vice-president of Magdalen College, earning his degree of D.C.L. in mostra altro 1847. His name was entered at Lincoln's Inn in 1836; he was elected Vinerian Fellow in 1842, and was called to the bar in 1843. He kept his fellowship at Magdalen all his life, but after earning his degree, he spent the greater part of his time in London. His first comedy, The Ladies' Battle, appeared at the Olympic Theatre in May 1851. It was followed by Angela (1851), A Village Tale (1852), The Lost Husband (1852), and Gold (1853). But Reade's reputation was made by the two-act comedy, Masks and Faces, in which he collaborated with Tom Taylor. It was produced in November 1852. He made his name as a novelist in 1856, when he produced It's Never Too Late to Mend, a novel written with the purpose of reforming abuses in prison discipline and the treatment of criminals. Five minor novels followed in quick succession, The Course of True Love never did run Smooth in 1857, Jack of all Trades in 1858, The Autobiography of a Thief in 1858, Love Me Little, Love Me Long in 1859, and White Lies in1860, dramatized as The Double Marriage. In 1861, his masterpiece, The Cloister and the Hearth, was published, relating the adventures of the father of Erasmus. At intervals throughout his literary career he sought to gratify his dramatic ambition, hiring a theatre and engaging a company for the representation of his own plays. His greatest success as a dramatist was his last attempt, Drink, an adaptation of Zola's L'Assommoir, produced in 1879. Reade's health began to fail not long after, and he died in April of 1884, leaving behind him a completed novel, A Perilous Secret. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: The Who-When-What Book published 1900
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Opere di Charles Reade
A Good Fight ... The original version of The Cloister and the Hearth. With an introduction by Andrew Lang (1910) 3 copie
Peg Woffington and other stories 3 copie
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Reade (Illustrated) (Series Four Book 17) (English Edition) (2015) 2 copie
The Greatest Novels of Charles Reade: Historical Novels & Victorian Romances: The Cloister and the Hearth, Griffith… (2021) 1 copia
The Gold Diggers 1 copia
Love Stories, Volume 2 1 copia
Single heart, and Double face 1 copia
The Works of Charles Reade, Volume V: Put Yourself in His Place; The Wandering Heir; The Picture 1 copia
The Works of Charles Reade, Volume IX: Good Stories; Good Stories of Man and Other Animals; Readiana 1 copia
Ein gefährliches Geheimnis 1 copia
The Cloister in the Hearth 1 copia
THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH. 1 copia
Hard Cook, 2 vols. 1 copia
The Works of Charles Reade, Vol. 7: A New Edition in Nine Volumes, Illustrated With One Hundred and Twelve Full-Page… (2015) 1 copia
The Knightsbridge Mystery 1 copia
Adventures of Gerard 1 copia
The Loss of the "Agra" 1 copia
S&S Little Classics 1 copia
Love and money 1 copia
A Simpleton, and, White Lies 1 copia
Hard Cash (Vol. 1) 1 copia
Klasztor i milosc-1 1 copia
The Works of Charles Reade, vol. 5: Put Yourself in His Place / The Wandering Heir / the Picture 1 copia
Charles Reade's novels 1 copia
John cento mestieri 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Reade, Charles
- Data di nascita
- 1814-06-08
- Data di morte
- 1884-04-11
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England
UK - Luogo di nascita
- Ipsden, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of Oxford (Magdalen College)
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
playwright - Relazioni
- Reade, W. Winwood (nephew)
Dickens, Charles (friend)
Collins, Wilkie (friend) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford University
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- Opere
- 90
- Opere correlate
- 15
- Utenti
- 1,209
- Popolarità
- #21,245
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 18
- ISBN
- 315
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
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Rather like that other Victorian historical novel, "Lorna Doone", the story is vivid and compellingly told, and well worth reading even today.
Courage, mon ami, le diable est mort!… (altro)