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It Is Never Too Late to Mend

by Charles READE (1814 - 1884)

Chapter I, part 2

A ruthless squire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires against her lover, George Fielding, so that the squire can win her. With the squire's financial pressure turned up on his family, George goes to Australia to earn money enough to marry his girl. In the meantime, a young man named Tom Robinson is sent to prison for stealing. For his somewhat minor offense, he suffers severe mistreatment in prison. "It Is Never Too Late to Mend" was written in the 1850s to shed light on abuses in British prison discipline and the treatment of criminals, but is also an adventure yarn set in the gold fields of Australia. (Summary by TriciaG)

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Listen next episodes of It Is Never Too Late to Mend:
Chapter II , Chapter III , Chapter IX , Chapter L, part 1 , Chapter L, part 2 , Chapter LI , Chapter LII, part 1 , Chapter LII, part 2 , Chapter LIII , Chapter LIV , Chapter LIX , Chapter LV , Chapter LVI , Chapter LX , Chapter LXI , Chapter LXIV , Chapter LXIX , Chapter LXV, part 1 , Chapter LXV, part 2 , Chapter LXVI , Chapter LXVII , Chapter LXVIII , Chapter LXX , Chapter LXXI , Chapter LXXII , Chapter LXXIII , Chapter LXXIV , Chapter LXXV , Chapter LXXX , Chapter LXXXI , Chapter LXXXII , Chapter LXXXIII , Chapter LXXXIV , Chapter LXXXV , Chapter VI, part 1 , Chapter VI, part 2 , Chapter VII , Chapter VIII , Chapter X, part 1 , Chapter X, part 2 , Chapter XI , Chapter XII , Chapter XIII , Chapter XIV , Chapter XIX and XX , Chapter XLI , Chapter XLII , Chapter XLIII , Chapter XLIV , Chapter XLIX , Chapter XLVII , Chapter XLVIII , Chapter XV, part 1 , Chapter XV, part 2 , Chapter XV, part 3 , Chapter XVI , Chapter XVII , Chapter XVIII, part 1 , Chapter XVIII, part 2 , Chapter XXI , Chapter XXII , Chapter XXIII , Chapter XXIV, part 1 , Chapter XXIV, part 2 , Chapter XXV , Chapter XXVI , Chapter XXVII , Chapter XXXII , Chapter XXXVI , Chapter XXXVII , Chapter XXXVIII, part 1 , Chapter XXXVIII, part 2 , Chapters IV and V , Chapters LVII and LVIII , Chapters LXII and LXIII , Chapters LXXVI and LXXVII , Chapters LXXVIII and LXXIX , Chapters XLV and XLVI , Chapters XXVIII and XXIX , Chapters XXX and XXXI , Chapters XXXIII, XXXIV, and XXXV , Chapters XXXIX and XL