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| Title | : | The Cloister and the Hearth, Volume Three of Four by Charles Reade, Fiction, Classics |
| Author | : | Charles Reade |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 244 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2003 by Wildside Press (first published 1861) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Literature. 19th Century. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Paperback | Pages: 244 pages Rating: 3.88 | 66 Users | 16 Reviews
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Charles Reade is decidedly a back number Victorian novelist now, but in his day his popularity rivaled that of Wilkie Collins and sometimes even Charles Dickens. More than something of a head case, Reade fancied himself a sort of scientific Zolaesque realist, whose sensational fictional exposes of burning social problems (prison abuses, unsafe shipping conditions, private mental asylums, trade union violence, etc.)were based on voluminous, meticulous and matter-of-fact research. They were no such thing: Reade did do a lot of research for his feverish fictions--but then he cherry-picked the most sensational, bizarre and quite often, sadistic details to craft his gruesome and hair-raising tales of Victorian woe. George Orwell was talking nonsense on stilts in 1940 when he predicted that several of Reade's books would outlast the novels of (ahem!) George Eliot, but some of them are still very much worth reading, especially "It's Never Too Late to Mend," "Put Yourself In His Place" and "Foul Play." Reade's most truly enduring book, however, was his only historical novel, "The Cloister and the Hearth," a fancifully embroidered and picaresque narrative of the adventures of a renegade priest,who just happened to be the father of Renaissance humanist Desiderius Erasmus. Heavily packed with loving period detail and seething with the considerable fury of Reade's virulent anti-Catholic bigotry and highly personalized antipathy to clerical celibacy (the conditions of Protestant Reade's Oxford fellowship forbade him to marry, so he had problematic recourse to more irregular liaisons) "Cloister and the Hearth" is hands-down the best historical novel ever for the period--the late Middle Ages--it portrays. Like Reade's other books, it has enough plot for an entire flock of novels and the action never lets up throughout its many pulse-pounding pages. Anyone with an taste for sprawling Victorian novels and imaginary perils without end will greedily devour it and fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's kindred historical ventures--"The White Company" and "Sir Nigel" will find it a far superior effort. I first read it some 30 years ago and I find it, like vintage wine, only aged for the better.Specify Books To The Cloister and the Hearth, Volume Three of Four by Charles Reade, Fiction, Classics
| Original Title: | The Cloister and the Hearth |
| ISBN: | 1592247318 (ISBN13: 9781592247318) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 66 Users | 16 ReviewsAssess Epithetical Books The Cloister and the Hearth, Volume Three of Four by Charles Reade, Fiction, Classics
The ultimate romantic adventure story.Recommended by jeanine
historical fiction:Europe middle ages-----------historical romance
Didn't finish.
I can usually read a book in a day or two, but this one took forever. Not that it's bad... it's just really, really slow and long, but a great back up for when I didn't have anything else to read.
This is one of the under the covers with a flashlite books I read in High School. It was my Aunt Patsy's that she had from college. I loved it!Picaresque historical novel by Charles Reade, published in 1861. Critically acclaimed as one of the greatest historical novels in English, The Cloister and the Hearth contains a meticulous recreation of 15th-century European life. Mingled with its cast of vividly drawn characters are various historical personages. The plot concerns Gerard Eliason, a young
My favourite author is Charles Dickens, but just. Dicken's high quality out put is only challenged by Charles Reade. He wasn't a prolific author, but his story of two lovers is - in my humble opinion - one of the greatest love stories ever written. The title is unfortunate, as it seems a bit pious and homely which can be off-putting to many people. It is also a fantastic 'boys own adventure' full of adventure and nail biting fight and battle scenes. This is my third reading of it. It would make
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