Charles Reade — The Cloister and the Hearth

London , Chatto and Windus, 1902. Cloth. An 1902 edition of Charles Reade's The Cloister and The Hearth. Accompanied by illustrative plates and vignettes throughout, the story is set in the Fifteenth Century and revolves around the travels of a young scribe, Gerald Eliassoen, through several European countries, dealing thematically with the struggle between man's obligation to family and church. Sir Arthur Concan Doyle named The Cloister and The Hearth as his favourite novel of all time, praising in particular the realistic depiction of Fifteenth Century Europe. In cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally sound, there are markings to the boards and backstrip as well as wear to the joints and extremties. Internally, the binding is tender but holding, however one of the plates has detached. The pages are bright and clean throughout, aside from the usual foxing to endpages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .