Reade: 121 books

The Woman-Hater written by Charles Reade who  was an English novelist and dramatist. This book was published in 1877. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original...

Originally published in 1870, this novel focused on trade-union terrorism while following the star-crossed romance of Henry Little and Grace Carden.  "It is impossible to deny to Mr. Reade the possession of rare and admirable powers," wrote the New York Times in its review.  

Foul Play by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault.

This is the back story of Kenji Asaka, one of the most pivotal characters in the three book series, "The Six Samurai of the West."The Japanese civil war is on the horizon. Unbeknownst to the Shogun, savvy daimyo and ninja clans are choosing sides. Kenji and Tadasu Asaka battle for the love of...

Sycamore County hides deep in the winding valleys of the Ozark Mountains. Deep forests march up silent hills, over rough and rocky boulders, around mysterious caves, into sudden sinkholes, and down to the edges of clear, ice-cold streams. And along one of the many winding, unpaved back roads...

Published in 1853, this was Reade's second novel.  Based on the life of the Irish actress Margaret Woffington (1720-1760), it was adapted from his successful 1852 stage comedy, Masks and Faces. 

A series of short essays on what it means to be creative. Forgive this uncreative description. I'm still working on it. After all, sometimes creativity is definitely a work in progress. In fact, that's kind of the theme of this book. It doesn't have to be perfect. Just...

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Lucy Fountain, a young lady of beauty and distinction, was, by the death of her mother, her sole surviving parent, left in the hands of her two trustees, Edward Fountain, Esq., of Font Abbey, and Mr. Bazalgette, a merchant whose wife was Mrs. Fountain's half-sister.

Paradise Tavish is set up on a date, by her mother, with strait-laced Cullen Trent. But Paradise isn't ready to be paired up with anyone. When she hears that Cullen has a horror of "overbearing neatness in a woman" a devious plan is set in motion. Will Paradise be swept of her feet by romance…or will Cullen meet his doom at the end of a broom?

A Simpleton written by Charles Reade who was an English novelist and dramatist. This book was published in 1873. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original...

"THE Golden Star," Homburg, was a humble hotel, not used by gay gamblers, but by modest travelers. At two o'clock, one fine day in June, there were two strangers in the salle a' manger, seated at small tables a long way apart, and wholly absorbed in their own business.

Some stories draw blood. Some truths won’t stay buried. He was human once, or so they say. The son of a fur trapper, he was taunted by his peers and tricked into one of his own father’s traps. By the time anybody found it, the trap’s vicious teeth were empty, pried open and overgrown....

"Do you know what stories Sarah could tell you about the things that happened in these little cabins? They’d curl that pretty red hair of yours." Outside of Charleston, South Carolina, beyond hanging curtains of Spanish moss, at the end of a shaded tunnel of overarching oaks, stands...

"You are not wanted here. Go away from Hallstead Island or you will be very sorry you stayed." Macy Stoddard had hoped to ease the grief of losing her parents in a fiery car crash by accepting a job as a private nurse to the wealthy and widowed Alexandria Hallstead. But her first...