The Cloister and the Hearth (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Charles Reade

Overview

This 1861 historical romance was Reade's most popular novel with readers and critics alike.  Set in the 15th century, and notable for the author's painstaking fidelity to period detail, the novel concerns the adventures of a young illuminator of manuscripts, Gerard Eliason, as he travels through Europe and embraces then renounces a religious vocation. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411449954
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	08/30/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	740
File size:	973 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Charles Reade (1814-1884) was a prolific English novelist and playwright who sought to expose social injustice in his work.  He is remembered for the novels The Cloister and the Hearth (1861), a historical romance; Hard Cash (1863), an expose of abuse in mental asylums; and Put Yourself in His Place (1870), about trade-union terrorism.

Charles Reade (1814-1884) was a prolific English novelist and playwright who sought to expose social injustice in his work.  He is remembered for the novels The Cloister and the Hearth (1861), a historical romance; Hard Cash (1863), an expose of abuse in mental asylums; and Put Yourself in His Place (1870), about trade-union terrorism.