Originally published in 1863,
Hard Cash was Reade’s polemical exposé of the horrors routinely perpetrated against the inmates of England’s insane asylums. Alfred Hardie, victim of an embezzlement perpetrated by his father, is tricked into entering an asylum; once there, he finds it almost impossible to prove himself sane.
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Charles Reade (1814-1884) was a prolific English novelist and playwright who sought to expose social injustice in his work. He is remembered for the novels The Cloister and the Hearth (1861), a historical romance; Hard Cash (1863), an expose of abuse in mental asylums; and Put Yourself in His Place (1870), about trade-union terrorism.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 568 ● ISBN 9781411449978 ● Dimensione 0.6 MB ● Età 99-17 anni ● Casa editrice Barnes & Noble ● Pubblicato 2011 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5863575 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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