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The Charles Reade Library

The Charles Reade Library

By: Charles Reade
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Welcome, Reader. Here you shall find no abridgement, no timid excerpt, no mutilated chapter smoothed for idle ears. Here the tale stands whole. The Charles Reade Library restores to the living voice the full vigour of those romances in which wrong is confronted, justice pursued, and the human heart tried as by fire. Prisons shall clang, cloisters shall echo, hearth-fires shall glow, and the oppressed shall speak. For what is a novel, if not a protest against falsehood, a plea for mercy, a trumpet against cruelty? And what is reading, if not the communion of earnest minds across the gulf of years?

Come then. Sit close. The page is opened. The truth, though resisted, shall be heard.Public domain Daily
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  • The Cloister and the Hearth Chapter 94

    The Cloister and the Hearth Chapter 94
    27 Sep 2026
    In which the long-secluded hermit Clement suffers a poignant and bitter encounter with Margaret, whose tender visits awaken within him a tempest of love, duty, and despair, culminating in a heartrending separation that tests the piety and passions of both. As night deepens, a wan little child mysteriously left in the hermitage captivates and softens the hermit’s soul, while Margaret’s torment outside draws her towards a secret revelation unfolding within those shadowed walls.
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    35 min
  • The Cloister and the Hearth Chapter 93

    The Cloister and the Hearth Chapter 93
    26 Sep 2026
    In which a solitary hermit, beset by despair, finds solace in carving sacred words and prayers upon stone, drawing comfort from the humble company of birds and the steadfast discipline of fasting and cold water immersion. Amid vivid dreams and spiritual trials, he wrestles with visions both heavenly and demonic, striving to conquer the temptations that assail his soul within his lonely cave.
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    32 min
  • The Cloister and the Hearth Chapter 91

    The Cloister and the Hearth Chapter 91
    24 Sep 2026
    In which Margaret faces the weight of loss and hope, as news from distant courts and quiet hermitages bring both comfort and fresh anguish, while the care of family and the stirring of old affections weave through her days with uneasy suspense. Amidst whispered gossip and shadowed vigils, determined hearts resolve to pierce the silence that cloaks their beloved Gerard, as the watchful stars bear witness to their secret nocturnal quest.
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    55 min
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