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Delphi Complete Works of Charles Reade (Illustrated)

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Although famed for his meticulously researched medieval masterpiece 'The Cloister and the Hearth', Charles Reade also penned some of the Victorian era’s most gripping sensation novels, creating controversial works that strove to end social evils and fight injustice. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Charles Reade, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

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Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Reade's life and works

* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts

* ALL 15 novels, with individual contents tables

* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Famous works such as THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH are fully illustrated with their original artwork

* Rare story collections and plays appearing here for the first time in digital print

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories

* Easily locate the short stories you want to read

* Includes Reade's non-fiction seminal work on copyright: THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT – available no where else

* Special criticism section, with five essays evaluating Reade’s contribution to literature

* Features two biographies, including the seminal memoir compiled by Reade’s family - discover Reade's literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Novels

PEG WOFFINGTON

CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND

WHITE LIES

‘LOVE ME LITTLE LOVE ME LONG.’

THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH

VERY HARD CASH

GRIFFITH GAUNT

FOUL PLAY

PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE

A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION

A SIMPLETON

THE WANDERING HEIR

A WOMAN HATER

A PERILOUS SECRET

The Tales

THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH

THE BOX TUNNEL

CREAM

A GOOD FIGHT

SINGLE HEART AND DOUBLE FACE

GOOD STORIES OF MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS

THE JILT AND OTHER STORIES

The Short Stories

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Plays

THE COURIER OF LYONS

MASKS AND FACES

TWO LOVES AND A LIFE

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND

The Non-Fiction

THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT

TRADE MALICE

A HERO AND A MARTYR

The Criticism

DICKENS, READE, AND COLLINS: SENSATION NOVELISTS by Walter C. Phillips

CHARLES READE by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

CHARLES READE by William Dean Howells

CHARLES READE by David Christie Murray

LETTERS AND REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES READE by Kinahan Cornwallis

The Biographies

CHARLES READE: DRAMATIST, NOVELIST, JOURNALIST

CHARLES READE AS I KNEW HIM by John Coleman

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