Novelist Charles (5)
I believe the answer is:
reade
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">novelist charles</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for reade that I've seen before include "Victorian writer" , "Charles --, English novelist" , "Victorian author" , "Charles -, The Cloister and the Hearth author" , "Charles --, wrote The Cloister and the Hearth" .)