Author’s Preface

Name: The Cloister and the Hearth - Author’s Preface
Author: Charles Reade

A small portion of this tale appeared in Once a Week, July- September, 1859, under the title of "A Good Fight."

After writing it, I took wider views of the subject, and also felt uneasy at having deviated unnecessarily from the historical outline of a true story. These two sentiments have cost me more than a year’s very hard labour, which I venture to think has not been wasted. After this plain statement I trust all who comment on this work will see that to describe it as a reprint would be unfair to the public and to me. The English language is copious, and, in any true man’s hands, quite able to convey the truthnamely, that one-fifth of the present work is a reprint, and fourfifths of it a new composition.

CHARLES READE

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Chicago: Charles Reade, "Author’s Preface," The Cloister and the Hearth, ed. Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915 and trans. Evans, Sebastian in The Cloister and the Hearth Original Sources, accessed September 7, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZ3J71S3ZRK4FAD.

MLA: Reade, Charles. "Author’s Preface." The Cloister and the Hearth, edited by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915, and translated by Evans, Sebastian, in The Cloister and the Hearth, Original Sources. 7 Sep. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZ3J71S3ZRK4FAD.

Harvard: Reade, C, 'Author’s Preface' in The Cloister and the Hearth, ed. and trans. . cited in , The Cloister and the Hearth. Original Sources, retrieved 7 September 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZ3J71S3ZRK4FAD.