Charles Reade: 62 books

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This 1859 novel is a kind of prequel to the later Hard Cash (1863)—focusing on the banking industry instead of mental institutions. It features a romance between David Dodd, a sailor, and Lucy Fountain.  Though Lucy is an independent woman who would rather be alone, David’s sincerity eventually wins her heart.

This 1869 novel was an exposé of ship-knackers—merchants who made their money from the foundering of ships, with no regard for their crews.  Robert Penfold, a young clergyman convicted of forgery, is shipwrecked while on his way to Australia and cast up, with the heroine, upon a desert island. 

Ships at anchor reared their tall masts, here and there; and the broad stream was enlivened and colored by junks and boats of all sizes and vivid hues, propelled on the screw principle by a great scull at the stern, with projecting handles for the crew to work; and at times a gorgeous mandarin boat,...