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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
Episodes
  • It is Never Too Late to Mend Chapter LXXIV

    It is Never Too Late to Mend Chapter LXXIV
    Jun 11 2026
    In which two desperate men, inflamed by lust and hatred, conspire over a dark and cunning scheme to seize a heavy mass of gold, their conversation heavy with menace and uneasy spirits, while one recoils in horror at the fiendish plot unfolding. The night draws on with tension and ill-omened resolves, as they await the moon’s rise and the chance to strike, shadowed by doubts and trembling fears.
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    8 mins
  • It is Never Too Late to Mend Chapter LXXIII

    It is Never Too Late to Mend Chapter LXXIII
    Jun 10 2026
    In which the somber duty of burying a fallen enemy is undertaken beneath a solemn gum-tree, and a mysterious letter from Mr. Levi urges swift departure from perilous goldfields, stirring plans and stratagems among the miners. Meanwhile, vigilant allies track a lurking adversary, schemes are exchanged with affectionate foresight, and a tender hope is planted for the future welfare of a faithful friend beyond the hardships of the bush.
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    14 mins
  • It is Never Too Late to Mend Chapter LXXII

    It is Never Too Late to Mend Chapter LXXII
    Jun 9 2026
    In which a party journeying through the bush stumbles upon the grim discovery of a dead man, identified as the notorious Captain Black Will, whose body bears the marks of nature rather than violence. The men speculate on the cause of his demise, reflecting on the mysteries of fate and the ironies of life and death in the wilderness.
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    5 mins
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