It Is Never Too Late to Mend (sometimes written asIt's Never Too Late to Mend) is an 1856 novel by the British writerCharles Reade. It was later turned into a play. A ruthlesssquire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires to have her lover framed and sent to jail.
The book was partly based on an earlier play of Reade'sGold!.[1]
The book is mentioned inJack Black's 1926 bookYou Can't Win as an inspiration to Black while in prison.
The Ven.George Hans Hamilton (21 Jan 1823 to 23 Sept 1905) was Chaplain of Durham Jail, and his fame concerning prison reform led to his being used as the original of the Chaplain in this book.
The play version - adapted by George Conquest - was presented in February 1865 atThe Theatre, Leeds to great acclaim.[2]
Alfred Dampier adapted the book into a play which was reported "to have made a good deal of money."[3]
The story has been turned into film several times including a 1911 Australian silent filmIt Is Never Too Late to Mend, a1913 film, a 1922 silent filmIt's Never Too Late to Mend and a 1937 British sound filmIt's Never Too Late to Mend starringTod Slaughter.
The novel was serialisedfor Australian radio in 1936.
The novel was first published in a three-volume edition in London by Richard Bentley in 1856.
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