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Charles Reade was one of the most popular sensation novelists of the 1860s, earning his fame by working extensively with documentary materials to produce gripping and meticulously detailed accounts of Victorian social abuses. Though less widely known now, his work remains relevant to ongoing critical discussions of sensation fiction, the Victorian literary market, and the debate over fictional realism that raged during the middle decades of the Victorian period.
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Charles Reade was one of the most popular sensation novelists of the 1860s, earning his fame by working extensively with documentary materials to produce gripping and meticulously detailed accounts of Victorian social abuses.
Though less widely known now, his work remains relevant to ongoing critical discussions of sensation fiction, the Victorian literary market, and the debate over fictional realism that raged during the middle decades of the Victorian period.
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