Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Charles Reade
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Read Next
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Ancient book lit by candle
9 Obscure Literary Terms
Britannica's Book Bingo. Take our reading challenge! Books range form greatest, banned, and counterculture.
Britannica’s Book Bingo
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.
10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
Discover
Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration
Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.
7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
Centimetres vs inches, metal rulers on a white background with clipping path.
15 Questions About Units of Measurement Answered
Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.
Holi: Festival of Colors
Calendar marking march 15th
What Is the “Ides” of March?
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World

Charles Reade: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Charles-Reade
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born June 8, 1814 • England
Died April 11, 1884 (aged 69) • London • England
Notable Works “Foul Play” • “Hard Cash” • “It Is Never Too Late to Mend” • “Put Yourself in His Place” • “The Cloister and the Hearth”
Robert Graves
British writer
David Mitchell
English author
J.G. Farrell
British writer
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
British clergyman and writer
Horace Smith
English writer
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, detail of an oil painting by H.W. Pickersgill, c. 1831; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
British author
Jeanette Winterson
British author
Len Deighton
English writer
Daniel Maclise: portrait of William Harrison Ainsworth
William Harrison Ainsworth
British author
Thomas Head Raddall
Canadian author
Winston Graham
British author
Henry Treece
English author
William Kirby.
William Kirby
Canadian writer
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish writer
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
British writer
James Blish
American author and critic
C.K. Stead
New Zealand author
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, lithograph by François Le Villain after a portrait by Fabian Sarnecki.
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
Polish writer
John Richardson
Canadian writer
O'Grady, Standish James
Standish James O’Grady
Irish author