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Jack Sheppard

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1839

Original text in English.

Two apprentices grow up in the household of the same London carpenter, and one of them is pushed towards theft by Jonathan Wild.

Novel · 62 parts · about 151 000 words · about 10 h 58 of reading

Contents

1. Ouverture1 min
2. EPOCH THE FIRST1 min
3. IThe Widow and her Child19 min
4. IIThe Old Mint22 min
5. IIIThe Master of the Mint8 min
6. IVThe Roof and the Window12 min
7. VThe Denunciation11 min
8. VIThe Storm17 min
9. VIIOld London Bridge12 min
10. EPOCH THE SECOND1 min
11. IThe Idle Apprentice18 min
12. IIThames Darrell11 min
13. IIIThe Jacobite5 min
14. IVMr. Kneebone and his Friends5 min
15. VHawk and Buzzard22 min
16. VIThe first Step towards the Ladder16 min
17. VIIBrother and Sister6 min
18. VIIIMiching Mallecho17 min
19. IXConsequences of the Theft9 min
20. XMother and Son7 min
21. XIThe Mohocks11 min
22. XIISaint Giles's Round-house13 min
23. XIIIThe Magdalene20 min
24. XIVThe Flash Ken10 min
25. XVThe Robbery in Willesden Church4 min
26. XVIJonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey15 min
27. XVIIThe Night-Cellar10 min
28. XVIIIHow Jack Sheppard broke out of the Cage at Willesden9 min
29. XIXGood and Evil4 min
30. EPOCH THE THIRD1 min
31. IThe Return28 min
32. IIThe Burglary at Dollis Hill7 min
33. IIIJack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild5 min
34. IVJack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison5 min
35. VThe Disguise24 min
36. VIWinifred receives two Proposals8 min
37. VIIJack Sheppard warns Thames Darrell10 min
38. VIIIOld Bedlam15 min
39. IXOld Newgate12 min
40. XHow Jack Sheppard got out of the Condemned Hold21 min
41. XIDollis Hill revisited16 min
42. XIIThe Well Hole13 min
43. XIIIThe Supper at Mr. Kneebone's28 min
44. XIVHow Jack Sheppard was again captured14 min
45. XVHow Blueskin underwent the Peine Forte et Dure12 min
46. XVIHow Jack Sheppard's Portrait was painted17 min
47. XVIIThe Iron Bar4 min
48. XVIIIThe Red Room2 min
49. XIXThe Chapel5 min
50. XXThe Leads6 min
51. XXIWhat befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House9 min
52. XXIIFast and Loose5 min
53. XXIIIThe last Meeting between Jack Sheppard and his Mother8 min
54. XXIVThe Pursuit5 min
55. XXVHow Jack Sheppard got rid of his Irons8 min
56. XXVIHow Jack Sheppard attended his Mother's Funeral9 min
57. XXVIIHow Jack Sheppard was brought back to Newgate11 min
58. XXVIIIWhat happened at Dollis Hill8 min
59. XXIXHow Jack Sheppard was taken to Westminster Hall5 min
60. XXXHow Jonathan Wild's House was burnt down5 min
61. XXXIThe Procession to Tyburn14 min
62. XXXIIThe Closing Scene4 min

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