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Charles Reade
Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was a British novelist and dramatist, best known for the 1861 historical novel '' The Cloister and the Hearth''. Life Charles Reade was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, to John Reade and Anne Marie Scott-Waring, and had at least four brothers. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, taking his B.A. in 1835, and became a fellow of his college. He was subsequently dean of arts and vice-president, taking his degree of D.C.L. in 1847. His name was entered at Lincoln's Inn in 1836; he was elected Vinerian Fellow in 1842, and was called to the bar in 1843.Edwards, P.D. "Charles Reade." ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.'' He kept his fellowship at Magdalen all his life but, after taking his degree, he spent most of his time in London. William Winwood Reade, the influential historian, was his nephew. Writings Reade began his literary career as a dramatist, and he chose to have "dramatist" stand first in the list of his occupations on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cloister And The Hearth
''The Cloister and the Hearth'' (1861) is an historical novel by the British author Charles Reade. Set in the 15th century, it relates the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries. ''The Cloister and the Hearth'' often describes the events, people and their practices in minute detail. Its main theme is the struggle between man's obligations to family and to Church. Based on a few lines by the humanist Erasmus about the life of his parents, the novel began as a serial in ''Once a Week'' magazine in 1859 under the title "A Good Fight", but when Reade disagreed with the proprietors of the magazine over some of the subject matter (principally the unmarried pregnancy of the heroine), he curtailed the serialisation with a false happy ending. Reade continued to work on the novel and published it in 1861, thoroughly revised and extended, as ''The Cloister and the Hearth''. Plot Married to Margaret Brandt, Gerard sets off to Rome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipsden
Ipsden is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, about southeast of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Wallingford. It is almost equidistant from Oxford and Reading, Berkshire, Reading, Berkshire. Parish church The Church of England parish church of Mary (mother of Jesus), Saint Mary the Virgin was built late in the 12th century as a chapelry of North Stoke, Oxfordshire, North Stoke. It is said to have been the replacement for an earlier church that fell into disrepair in that century. The north Aisle#Architecture, aisle of the present church was built in the 12th century and retains a Norman architecture, Norman window. The chancel arch is 13th century and the present south doorway is 14th century. There had been a south aisle but this has been lost and its Arcade (architecture), arcade blocked up. English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic, Perpendicular Gothic windows occupy the south wall of the nave where the arcade h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Is Never Too Late To Mend (novel)
''It Is Never Too Late to Mend'' (sometimes written as ''It's Never Too Late to Mend'') is an 1856 novel by the British writer Charles Reade. It was later turned into a play. A ruthless squire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires to have her lover framed and sent to jail. The book was partly based on an earlier play of Reade's ''Gold!''. The book is mentioned in Jack Black Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for roles in family and comedy films, in addition to his voice work in animated films. His awards include a Children's and Family Emmy ...'s 1926 book '' You Can't Win'' as an inspiration to Black while in prison. The Ven. George Hans Hamilton (21 Jan 1823 to 23 Sept 1905) was Chaplain of Durham Jail, and his fame concerning prison reform led to his being used as the original of the Chaplain in this book. Adaptations The play version - adapted by George Conquest - was presented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drink (film)
''Drink'' is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Fred Groves, Irene Browne and Alice O'Brien. It was the film version of a play by Charles Reade, first performed in 1879 and based on Émile Zola's novel, '' L'Assommoir''. ''South Australian Register'' (Adelaide), 23 June 1888, page 6. Plot A laundress takes to drink and dies after her alcoholic husband goes mad.Cast * Fred Groves as Coupeau *Irene Browne
Irene Muriel Browne (23 February 1891 – 24 July 1965) ...
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Émile Zola
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, ; ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of Naturalism (literature), naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of Naturalism (theatre), theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined ''J'Accuse...!'' Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prizes in Literature in 1901 and 1902. Early life Zola was born in Paris in 1840 to François Zola (originally Francesco Zolla) and Émilie Aubert. His father was an Italian engineer with some Greeks, Greek ancestry, who was born in Venice in 1795, and engineered the Zola Dam in Aix-en-Provence; his mother was French. The family moved to Aix-en-Provence in the Provence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dion Boucicault
Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault (né Boursiquot; 26 December 1820 – 18 September 1890) was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most successful actor-playwright-managers then in the English-speaking theatre. ''The New York Times'' hailed him in his obituary as "the most conspicuous English dramatist of the 19th century,"; he and his second wife, Agnes Robertson Boucicault, applied for and received American citizenship in 1873. Life and career Early life Boucicault was born Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot in 1820 Dublin, where his family lived on Gardiner Street. His mother was Anne Maria Laura Beresford, sister of the poet and mathematician George Darley. The Darleys were an important Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish Dublin family influential in many fields and related to the Guinnesses by marriage. Anne was married to Samuel Smith Boursiquot, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Terrible Temptation
''A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day'' is an 1871 sensation novel by Charles Reade. It first appeared serially in '' Cassell's Magazine'' in England from March 4 to August 26, 1871.(17 August 1871)A Terrible Temptation (review) ''The Nation'', p. 107-08.At the Circulating Library Periodical Information: Cassell's Magazine Victorianresearch.com, Retrieved 12 March 2021 Similar to 1866's '' Griffith Gaunt'', the novel received negative reviews in the English press due to its content, which included extramarital relations and a courtesan, but this also helped increase sales of Reade's works in America. '' |
Griffith Gaunt
''Griffith Gaunt, or Jealousy'' is an 1866 sensation novel by Charles Reade. A best-selling book in its day, it was thought by Reade to be his best novel, but critics and posterity have generally preferred '' The Cloister and the Hearth'' (1861).Dianne VitanzaNaturalism in Charles Reader's Experimental Novel, Griffith Gaunt in Harrison, Kimberly & Richard Fantina, eds. ''Victorian Sensations: Essays on a Scandalous Genre''. Ohio State University Press, 2006. James D. HartThe Popular Book: A History of America's Literary Taste pp. 123–124 (story of publication) and 308 (listing ''Griffith Gaunt'' among "most widely read" books in America for the period; the only other listed for 1866 is '' Snow-Bound''). Background Reade's ''Hearth'', set in the 15th century, was not especially successful when released in 1861. Reade decided the public "don't care about the dead," and so endeavoured to focus on more contemporary topics of scandal, while still trying to convey a social purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Put Yourself In His Place
''Put Yourself in His Place'' is a 1912 American silent short drama based on an 1870 English novel by Charles Reade. The film was adapted and directed by Theodore Marston, and stars William Garwood and Marguerite Snow in the lead roles. Plot The story is of an English manufacturing town ("Hillsborough", based on Sheffield) in which Henry Little, a worker and inventor, is persecuted by trade unions, jealous because he was better trained than his fellows. Squire Raby, Little's uncle, is a forcible character, and a pleasant love story offsets the labor troubles. A purpose of the novel was to expose, without censure, the errors of early trades unions. Cast * William Garwood as Henry Little * Marguerite Snow as Grace Carden * William Russell as Squire Raby * Jean Darnell as Edith Raby, the Squire's Sister *James Cruze as Edith's Husband *David H. Thompson as Coventry *Anne Drew as Jael Dence * Marie Eline Notes References * * External links''Put Yourself in His Place'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Plimsoll
Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull indicating the maximum safe draught, and therefore the minimum freeboard for the vessel in various operating conditions). Its subsequent introduction in regulation resulted in a reduction of ship sinkings and a corresponding significant improvement in seafarer safety from the late 19th century onwards. Early life Samuel Plimsoll was born in Bristol in 1824. His Civil Servant father's promotions took him to Penrith in 1829 and to Regent Street, Sheffield in 1839. Leaving school at an early age, he became a clerk at Rawson's Brewery in the town. The managing partner there was Thomas Birks, who was also an Alderman on the town council. In 1849 he was elected as Mayor, and utilised Samuel as an assistant. One of his roles there was to coordinate the borough's many contributions to the 1851 Great Exhibiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunatic Asylum
The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. It was an early precursor of the modern psychiatric hospital. Modern psychiatric hospitals evolved from and eventually replaced the older lunatic asylum. The treatment of inmates in early lunatic asylums was sometimes brutal and focused on containment and restraint. The discovery of anti-psychotic drugs and mood-stabilizing drugs resulted in a shift in focus from containment in lunatic asylums to treatment in psychiatric hospitals. Later, there was further and more thorough critique in the form of the Deinstitutionalisation, deinstitutionalization movement which focuses on treatment at home or in less isolated institutions. History Medieval era In the Islamic world, the ''Bimaristans'' were described by European travellers, who wrote about their wonder at the care and kindness shown to lunatics. In 872, Ahmad ibn Tulun built a hospital in Cairo that provided car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
