&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Hard_Cash_(novel).png) Title page for Hard Cash, A Matter-of-Fact Romance (1863) | |
| Author | Charles Reade |
|---|---|
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Sampson Low, Son & Marston (England) |
Publication date | 10 December 1863 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 3 vol. (original edition) |
Hard Cash, A Matter-of-Fact Romance is an 1863 novel by Charles Reade. The novel is about the poor treatment of patients in insane asylums and was part of Reade's drive to reform and improve those institutions.[1]
- ^ Subotsky, Fiona. Hard Cash (1863) Charles Reade – psychiatrists in 19th century fiction, in British Journal of Psychiatry, Feb 2009, 194 (3) 211