"It Is Never Too Late to Mend" by Charles Reade is a novel published in 1856. A ruthless squire becomes dangerously obsessed with a younger woman and hatches a dark conspiracy to have her lover framed and imprisoned. The story explores themes of injustice and prison reform, inspired by real-life reformer George Hans Hamilton. This gripping tale of villainy and redemption proved so popular it was adapted into multiple stage productions and films across several decades. (This is an automatically generated summary.)