Charles Reade

Charles Reade
Charles Reade

Charles Reade (* 8. Juni 1814 in Ipsden/Oxfordshire, England; † 11. April 1884 in London) war ein englischer Schriftsteller.

Reade wurde als Sohn von John Reade und dessen Frau Anne Marie Scott-Waring im Ipsden House geboren. Sein Studium, das er 1835 mit dem Titel des Bachelors abschloss, absolvierte er am Magdalen College der Universitätin Oxford.

Thematik

The Cloister and the Hearth

Aus seinen gesellschaftskritischen Erzählungen ist der historische Roman The Cloister and the Hearth durch die lebensvolle Darstellung des spätmittelalterlichen Europas besonders hervor zu heben.

Werke (Auswahl)

Einzelausgaben
  • Masks and Faces. 1852.
  • Peg Woffington. 1853.
  • Christie Johnstone.
  • It Is Never Too Late to Mend. 1856.
  • Autobiography of a Thief. 1858.
  • Jack of All Trades.
  • Love Me Little, Love Me Long. 1859.
  • The Cloister and the Hearth. 1861.
  • Hard Cash. 1863.
  • Griffith Gaunt. 1866.
  • Foul Play. 1869.
  • Put Yourself in His Place. 1870.
  • A Terrible Temptation. 1871.
  • The Wandering Heir. 1873.
  • A Woman Hater. 1877.
  • A Perilous Secret. 1884.
Werkausgabe
  • The works. AMS Press, New York 1970
  1. Hard cash. A matter-of-fact romance. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1895).
  2. The double marriage or white lies. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. 1896).
  3. Put yourself in his place. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  4. A perilous secret. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  5. Peg Woffington, Christie Johnstone. 1970 (Nachdr.d. Ausg. London 1895).
  6. Foul play. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  7. It is never too late to mend. A matter-of-fact romance. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. 1895).
  8. A terrible temptation. A story of the day. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1895).
  9. Readiana. Comments of current events. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  10. The jilt and other stories. Good stories of man and other animals. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  11. The cloister and the hearth. A tale of the middle ages. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1895).
  12. The autobiography of a thief and other histories. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  13. Love me little, love me long. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  14. A Simpleton. A story of the day. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  15. A woman-halter. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. London 1896).
  16. Griffith Gaunt or Jeaulosy. 1970 (Nachdr. D. Ausg. London 1896).
  17. The course of true lover never did run smooth. 1970 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. 1896).

Literatur

  • Wayne Burns: Charles Reade. A study of Victorian authorship. Bookman Publ., New York 1961.
  • Malcolm Elwin: Charles Reade. Cape Press, London 1931.
  • Richard Fantina: Victorian sensational fiction. The daring work of Charles Reade. Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-62037-7.
  • Shu-Fang Lai: Charles Reade, George Meredith and Harriet Martineau as serial writers of Once a Week (1859-1865). Verlag, Lang, Frankfurt/M. 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-56205-5 (Anglo-american Studies; 32).
  • Dianna Mullin Vitanza: Charles Reade. A revaluation. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Ill. 1977 (Dissertation).
  • Elton E. Smith: Charles Reade. Twayne, Publ., Boston, Mass. 1976, ISBN 0-8057-6660-X (Twayne's English Author's series; 186).
  • Bernard Toulet: Le passé et le present dans „l'œuvre romanesque“ de Charles Reade. Université, Poitiers 1977 (Dissertation).

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