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Hard CashCharles Reade

Hard Cash

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Original author: Charles Reade

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"Hard Cash" by Charles Reade is a novel published in 1863. This matter-of-fact romance exposes the poor treatment of patients in Victorian insane asylums. When bankrupt banker Richard Hardie defrauds sea-captain David Dodd of £14,000, both men's lives spiral into madness and confinement. Hardie's son Alfred, who loves Dodd's daughter Julia, discovers his father's crime and faces a harrowing consequence: imprisonment in an asylum among the insane. Reade's reformist work combines maritime adventure, courtroom drama, and a penetrating analysis of mental illness and institutional abuse.

Hard Cash, by Charles Reade. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #3067.

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58 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface212 words
  2. 2.Prologue4,131 words
  3. 3.Chapter I5,915 words
  4. 4.Chapter II4,100 words
  5. 5.Chapter III1,164 words
  6. 6.Chapter IV (1)8,625 words
  7. 7.Chapter IV (2)4,984 words
  8. 8.Chapter V9,826 words
  9. 9.Chapter VI: JULIA took Mr. Hardie's note and read it6,654 words
  10. 10.Chapter VII6,246 words
  11. 11.Chapter VIII3,150 words
  12. 12.Chapter IX4,777 words
  13. 13.Chapter X2,450 words
  14. 14.Chapter XI5,551 words
  15. 15.Chapter XII2,254 words
  16. 16.Chapter XIII6,842 words
  17. 17.Chapter XIV6,539 words
  18. 18.Chapter XV4,158 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVI4,108 words
  20. 20.Chapter XVII1,002 words
  21. 21.Chapter XVIII1,087 words
  22. 22.Chapter XIX527 words
  23. 23.Chapter XX1,371 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXI3,886 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXII689 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXIII2,030 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXIV4,652 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXV9,453 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXVI5,244 words
  1. 30.Chapter XXVII2,650 words
  2. 31.Chapter XXVIII: Extracts from Jane Hardie's Diary2,512 words
  3. 32.Chapter XXIX7,617 words
  4. 33.Chapter XXX3,715 words
  5. 34.Chapter XXXI5,602 words
  6. 35.Chapter XXXII6,214 words
  7. 36.Chapter XXXIII6,781 words
  8. 37.Chapter XXXIV2,159 words
  9. 38.Chapter XXXV2,318 words
  10. 39.Chapter XXXVI3,392 words
  11. 40.Chapter XXXVII2,658 words
  12. 41.Chapter XXXVIII2,272 words
  13. 42.Chapter XXXIX8,146 words
  14. 43.Chapter XL6,724 words
  15. 44.Chapter XLI7,583 words
  16. 45.Chapter XLI2,914 words
  17. 46.Chapter XLII3,305 words
  18. 47.Chapter XLIII6,784 words
  19. 48.Chapter XLIV8,256 words
  20. 49.Chapter XLV4,850 words
  21. 50.Chapter XLVI3,865 words
  22. 51.Chapter XLVII1,422 words
  23. 52.Chapter XLVIII2,421 words
  24. 53.Chapter XLIX5,692 words
  25. 54.Chapter L: LAW4,104 words
  26. 55.Chapter LI1,770 words
  27. 56.Chapter LII5,783 words
  28. 57.Chapter LIII8,127 words
  29. 58.Chapter LIV4,487 words