The Cloister and the Hearth

London: W. & R. Chambers, 1912. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 7.5". Gordon Browne. Gordon Browne's colourfully illustrated edition of this classic historical novel, set during the fifteenth century. 'The Cloister and the Hearth' was Charles Reade's best known novel. Alongside being the Dean of Arts at Magdalen College, Reade wrote plays and novels, including 'Masks and Faces', 'It Is Never Too Late to Mend', and 'Hard Cash'.Arthur Conan Doyle named 'The Cloister and the Hearth' his favourite novel, featuring his favourite fictional heroine Margaret (the protagonist's wife). Thomas Wolfe, the American author of 'Look Homeward, Angel', also proclaimed this novel to be his favourite work of fiction. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, and twenty-one in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by Charles Reade.Illustrated by Gordon Browne, a children's book illustrator, being one of the most prolific British illustrators of his time.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Bookplate to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the boards and some light marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a couple of light spots. Very Good Indeed