Jack Sheppard: A Romance

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William Harrison Ainsworth 1922
English
  • EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD. Chapter One: The Widow and Her Child
  • Chapter Two: The Old Mint
  • Chapter Three: The Master of the Mint
  • Chapter Four: The Roof and the Window
  • Chapter Five: The Denunciation
  • Chapter Six: The Storm
  • Chapter Seven: Old London Bridge
  • EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL. Chapter One: The Idle Apprentice
  • Chapter Two: Thames Darrell
  • Chapter Three: The Jacobite
  • Chapter Four: Mr. Kneebone and His Friends
  • Chapter Five: Hawk and Buzzard
  • Chapter Six: The First Step Towards the Ladder
  • Chapter Seven: Brother and Sister
  • Chapter Eight: Miching Mallecho
  • Chapter Nine: Consequences of the Theft
  • Chapter Ten: Mother and Son
  • Chapter Eleven: The Mohocs
  • Chapter Twelve: Saint Giles's Round-house
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Magdalene
  • Chapter Fourteen: The Flash Ken
  • Chapter Fifteen: The Robbery in Willesden Church
  • Chapter Sixteen: Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey
  • Chapter Seventeen: The Night-cellar
  • Chapter Eighteen: How Jack Sheppard Broke Out of the Cage at Willesden
  • Chapter Nineteen: Good and Evil
  • EPOCH THE THIRD: 1724, THE PRISON-BREAKER. Chapter One: The Return
  • Chapter Two: The Burglary at Dollis Hill
  • Chapter Three: Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild
  • Chapter Four: Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison
  • Chapter Five: The Disguise
  • Chapter Six: Winifred Receives Two Proposals
  • Chapter Seven: Jack Sheppard Warns Thames Darrell
  • Chapter Eight: Old Bedlam
  • Chapter Nine: Old Newgate
  • Chapter Ten: How Jack Sheppard Got Out of the Condemned Hold
  • Chapter Eleven: Dollis Hill Revisited
  • Chapter Twelve: The Well-hole
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's
  • Chapter Fourteen: How Jack Sheppard Was Again Captured
  • Chapter Fifteen: How Bluepaint Underwent the Peine Forte et Dure
  • Chapter Sixteen: How Jack Sheppard's Portrait Was Painted
  • Chapter Seventeen: The Iron Bar
  • Chapter Eighteen: The Bed Room
  • Chapter Nineteen: The Chapel
  • Chapter Twenty: The Leads
  • Chapter Twenty-one: What Befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House
  • Chapter Twenty-two: Fast and Loose
  • Chapter Twenty-three: The Last Meeting Between Jack Sheppard and His Mother
  • Chapter Twenty-four: The Pursuit
  • Chapter Twenty-five: How Jack Sheppard Got Rid of His Irons
  • Chapter Twenty-six: How Jack Sheppard Attended His Mother's Funeral
  • Chapter Twenty-seven: How Jack Sheppard Was Brought Back to Newgate
  • Chapter Twenty-eight: What Happened at Dollis Hill
  • Chapter Twenty-nine: How Jack Sheppard Was Taken to Westminster Hall
  • Chapter Thirty: How Jonathan Wild's House Was Burnt Down
  • Chapter Thirty-one: The Procession to Tyburn
  • Chapter Thirty-two: The Closing Scene
The fictionalized exploits of the very real English outlaw, Jack Sheppard. Published in 1839, this Newgate novel outsold its rival, Dickens' "Oliver Twist". (Summary by Mark Leder)

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