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Charles Reade was an English novelist and playwright. His most famous book was 'The Cloister and the Hearth' which was published in 1861. It originally began life two years earlier as a serial in 'Once A Week' magazine. He produced a substantial body of work including several plays. Reade was popular with the Victorian public but fell out of fashion by the begining of the 20th century.
Charles Reade was an English novelist and playwright. His most famous book was 'The Cloister and the Hearth' which was published in 1861. It originally began life two years earlier as a serial in 'Once A Week' magazine. He produced a substantial body of work including several plays. Reade was popular with the Victorian public but fell out of fashion by the begining of the 20th century.
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| Title: | Letter from Charles Reade |
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| Description: | Charles Reade pens rather an anxious letter to Sampson Low. He is concerned that a manuscript he has sent via the publisher to a person named Cornwallis in New York has not yet arrived. The 'M.S.' (abbreviation of manuscript) may refer to 'Wreck and ruin; or, Modern Society' published in 1859 and written by writer Kinahan Cornwallis (1839–1917). |
| Address: | Hotel National, Rue Notre Dame du Victoires, Paris |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 2, 3 pages ; glue seepage. |
| Type of letter: | Discussion of work published or forthcoming, including copyright |
| Key works mentioned: | Wreck and ruin or Modern Society (MS) |
| Letter note: | This letter has a related note written by the Reverend Frederick William Low who compiled the volumes in c.1913: "Charles Reade, novelist and playwright, born June 18. 1814, died April 11.1884. His novel, "The Cloister and the Hearth", is by common consent regarded as one of the masterpieces of English literature." |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | © National Portrait Gallery London. by George Goodman albumen carte-de-visite 1870-1884 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
| Identifier: | SL_164 |
