British novelist and dramatist Charles Reade died #OTD in 1884.
One of Reade's most famous novels is "The Cloister and the Hearth" (1861). Other notable works by Reade include "It Is Never Too Late to Mend" (1856), "Hard Cash" (1863), and "Put Yourself in His Place" (1870). Reade also published three elaborate studies of character: Griffith Gaunt (1866), A Terrible Temptation (1871), A Simpleton (1873).
Books by Charles Reade at PG:
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