Reade, Charles,  1814-1884 <br/><br/>
Hard Cash 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Cash_(novel)  Sequel to: Love Me Little, Love Me Long.  Release date is 2002-02-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by James Rusk and David Widger  Produced by James Rusk and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "Hard Cash" by Charles Reade is a novel published in 1863. This matter-of-fact romance exposes the poor treatment of patients in Victorian insane asylums. When bankrupt banker Richard Hardie defrauds sea-captain David Dodd of £14,000, both men's lives spiral into madness and confinement. Hardie's son Alfred, who loves Dodd's daughter Julia, discovers his father's crime and faces a harrowing consequence: imprisonment in an asylum among the insane. Reade's reformist work combines maritime adventure, courtroom drama, and a penetrating analysis of mental illness and institutional abuse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>English fiction -- 19th century 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR