It Is Never Too Late to Mend (novel)

It Is Never Too Late to Mend (sometimes written as It's Never Too Late to Mend) is an 1856 novel by the British writer Charles Reade. It was later turned into a play. A ruthless squire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires to have her lover framed and sent to jail.

Adaptations

Theatre poster for It is never too late to mend

The play version was presented in February 1865 at The Theatre, Leeds to great acclaim.^[1]

The story has been turned into film several times including a 1911 Australian silent film It Is Never Too Late to Mend, a 1913 film, a 1922 silent film It's Never Too Late to Mend and a 1937 British sound film It's Never Too Late to Mend starring Tod Slaughter.

References

1. Leodis, Discovering Leeds: The Theatre Retrieved 17 december 2013