Educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and Lincoln's Inn, Reade, although called to the bar in 1843, never practised law. Reade embarked on a literary career that would ultimately produce 40 plays and 14 novels. His most successful play was Masks and Faces, which appeared in Haymarket in 1852. Reade is, however, better known for his novels, among which The Cloister and the Hearth (1861) is by far the best. His other novels include It is Never Too Late to Mend (1853), The Autobiography of a Thief (1858), Hard Cash (1863), Griffith Gaunt (1966), Foul Play (1869), Put Yourself in His Place (1870), A Hero and a Martyr (1874) and A Woman Hater (1874). |
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