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Masks and Faces, The Courier of Lyons, It is Never Too Late to Mend

By: Charles Reade

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Masks and Faces, The Courier of Lyons, It is Never Too Late to Mend

By: Charles Reade

This edition contains the three most important works of Charles Reade (1814-1884). Reade adapted the social purpose and concern for detail of the realistic novel to the stage. He was much concerned with poverty, the brutality of the prison regime of his time and the abuse of mental asylums. He assigned a specially important role to women in his plays, choosing to write for the charismatic actresses of his day. Masks and Faces (1852) is concerned with the public image and private life of a leading Covent Garden actress; The Courier of Lyons (1854) is based upon a real case of mistaken identity; and It Is Never Too Late to Mend (1865) describes the legal and financial oppression of poor English farming folk. All these plays were very popular and successful, performed and revived many times. Dr Hammet provides alongside them an informative introduction, notes on the text, a short biography of Reade, a full list of his plays and productions, and a bibliography.

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0521286271

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A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXI (Forty-Five Volumes); Reade-Ruffini

By: Charles Dudley Warner

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A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXI (Forty-Five Volumes); Reade-Ruffini

By: Charles Dudley Warner

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had assembled this set, it would still be hailed today as one of the great achievements of the book world. Highlights from Volume 31 include: . the histories of James Ford Rhodes . the fiction of Samuel Richardson . the writing of Anne Thackeray Ritchie . the maxims of La Rochefoucauld . the Roman poets of the Later Empire . the poetry of Pierre Ronsard . the writings of Theodore Roosevelt . the poetry of Christina Georgina Rossetti and Dante Gabriel Rossetti . the philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau . and much, much more.

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1605202274

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Plays by Charles Reade

Masks and Faces, The Courier of Lyons, It is Never Too Late to Mend

By: Charles Reade

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Charles Reade, D. C. L., Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist. a Memoir Compiled Chiefly from His Literary Remains

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Charles Reade, D. C. L., Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist. a Memoir Compiled Chiefly from His Literary Remains

By: Charles Reade

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Inman Press

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Plays by Charles Reade

Plays by Charles Reade

A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXI (Forty-Five Volumes); Reade-Ruffini

A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXI (Forty-Five Volumes); Reade-Ruffini

Plays by Charles Reade

Plays by Charles Reade

Charles Reade, D. C. L., Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist. a Memoir Compiled Chiefly from His Literary Remains

Charles Reade, D. C. L., Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist. a Memoir Compiled Chiefly from His Literary Remains

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