Watercolor drawings for Charles Reade novels, 1880-1920.

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Watercolor drawings for Charles Reade novels, 1880-1920.

A series of nine watercolor drawings created by Austen for three Reade novels, Hard cash, matter-of-fact-romance, Foul play, and The women hater.

9 sheets.

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Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

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Charles Reade was born in Oxfordshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; he became a fellow of the college, studied law, and earned a Doctor of Civil Laws degree, although he never practiced law. He wrote numerous plays, often in collaboration with other dramatists, including translations of continentral drama (sometimes without permission). His most successful play was Masks and Faces which, on the advice of actress Laura Seymour, he turned into a novel. He was eventually more successfu...

Austen, E. J.

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