It's Not Too Late to Repent - No need to be afraid

…While working as a lawyer, he published many full-length novels, and at one time enjoyed a popularity rivaling that of C. Dickens. He meticulously researched and compiled facts, such as in “It’s Not Too Late to Reform” (1856), which called for reform of the prison system, and turned them into novels to stir up public opinion in order to change social contradictions. He could be called a pioneer of what we today call “social semi-documentary filmmakers.” …

*The following is a partial explanation of the term "It's never too late to change your ways."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…弁護士としての務めのかたわら，多くの長編小説を発表，一時はC.ディケンズに匹敵するほどの人気を集めた。監獄制度の改革を求めた《改心に手遅れなし》(1856)など，事実を克明に調査･集積し，それを小説に仕立てて社会の矛盾を改める世論を盛り上げようとした。今日でいう〈社会派セミ･ドキュメンタリー作家〉の先駆とでもいうべき存在であった。…

※「《改心に手遅れなし》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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