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It Is Never Too Late to MendCharles Reade

It Is Never Too Late to Mend

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Original author: Charles Reade

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"It Is Never Too Late to Mend" by Charles Reade is a novel published in 1856. A ruthless squire becomes dangerously obsessed with a younger woman and hatches a dark conspiracy to have her lover framed and imprisoned. The story explores themes of injustice and prison reform, inspired by real-life reformer George Hans Hamilton. This gripping tale of villainy and redemption proved so popular it was adapted into multiple stage productions and films across several decades.

It Is Never Too Late to Mend, by Charles Reade. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #4606.

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87 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I8,308 words
  2. 2.Chapter II4,098 words
  3. 3.Chapter III3,858 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: THE world is full of trouble801 words
  5. 5.Chapter V1,854 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI8,245 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII1,592 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII2,314 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX2,191 words
  10. 10.Chapter X9,372 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: “WHAT is your report about No. 19, doctor?”3,087 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII4,488 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII1,326 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV3,864 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV (1)8,637 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV (2)7,098 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI5,888 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII2,564 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII (1)8,703 words
  20. 20.Chapter XVIII (2)3,850 words
  21. 21.Chapter XIX: Midnight!54 words
  22. 22.Chapter XX: PAST one o'clock!624 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXI2,865 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXII3,538 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIII3,176 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXIV8,639 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXV5,643 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVI3,556 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXVII1,078 words
  30. 30.Chapter XXVIII293 words
  31. 31.Chapter XXIX458 words
  32. 32.Chapter XXX688 words
  33. 33.Chapter XXXI129 words
  34. 34.Chapter XXXII: “WILL FIELDING is in the town; I'm to arrest him as agreed last night?”3,404 words
  35. 35.Chapter XXXIII246 words
  36. 36.Chapter XXXIV264 words
  37. 37.Chapter XXXV157 words
  38. 38.Chapter XXXVI3,670 words
  39. 39.Chapter XXXVII408 words
  40. 40.Chapter XXXVIII7,925 words
  41. 41.Chapter XXXIX171 words
  42. 42.Chapter XL2,139 words
  43. 43.Chapter XLI577 words
  44. 44.Chapter XLII3,625 words
  1. 45.Chapter XLIII2,274 words
  2. 46.Chapter XLIV1,399 words
  3. 47.Chapter XLV530 words
  4. 48.Chapter XLVI418 words
  5. 49.Chapter XLVII1,346 words
  6. 50.Chapter XLVIII1,149 words
  7. 51.Chapter XLIX1,871 words
  8. 52.Chapter L7,175 words
  9. 53.Chapter LI2,466 words
  10. 54.Chapter LII9,907 words
  11. 55.Chapter LIII1,297 words
  12. 56.Chapter LIV1,267 words
  13. 57.Chapter LV4,813 words
  14. 58.Chapter LVI2,214 words
  15. 59.Chapter LVII1,219 words
  16. 60.Chapter LVIII: “GEORGE, I want you to go to Bathurst.”266 words
  17. 61.Chapter LIX2,761 words
  18. 62.Chapter LX2,482 words
  19. 63.Chapter LXI: GEORGE was very homesick2,387 words
  20. 64.Chapter LXII99 words
  21. 65.Chapter LXIII: Sunday1,661 words
  22. 66.Chapter LXIV3,223 words
  23. 67.Chapter LXV11,441 words
  24. 68.Chapter LXVI1,826 words
  25. 69.Chapter LXVII403 words
  26. 70.Chapter LXVIII1,572 words
  27. 71.Chapter LXIX441 words
  28. 72.Chapter LXX5,368 words
  29. 73.Chapter LXXI997 words
  30. 74.Chapter LXXII659 words
  31. 75.Chapter LXXIII2,189 words
  32. 76.Chapter LXXIV992 words
  33. 77.Chapter LXXV1,767 words
  34. 78.Chapter LXXVI1,326 words
  35. 79.Chapter LXXVII115 words
  36. 80.Chapter LXXVIII1,686 words
  37. 81.Chapter LXXIX197 words
  38. 82.Chapter LXXX6,130 words
  39. 83.Chapter LXXXI1,928 words
  40. 84.Chapter LXXXII2,418 words
  41. 85.Chapter LXXXIII1,685 words
  42. 86.Chapter LXXXIV4,430 words
  43. 87.Chapter LXXXV4,195 words