
Charles Reade
- Date of birth: June 08, 1814
- Died: April 11, 1884
- Born: in Ipsden, Oxfordshire, The United Kingdom.
- Description: Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. He fell out of fashion by the turn of the century - "it is unusual to meet anyone who has voluntarily read him," wrote George Orwell in an essay on Reade - but during the 19th century Reade was one of England's most popular novelists. He was not highly regarded by critics.
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