The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap operas. Known as "Penny Dreadfuls", they had no claim to literary brilliance but offered readers entertainment and excitement in the form of vice, poverty, wealth, virtue, mystery, romance and scandal in every combination and reached a mass audience. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1 The Travelling Carriage 16 min 2 Tom Rain and Old Death 18 min 3 Bow Street 17 min 4 Esther de Medina 26 min 5 The Appeal of Love 20 min 6 Dr. Lascelles 17 min 7 The Beautiful Patient 10 min 8 Seven Dials 27 min 9 A Death Scene -- Lock's Field 27 min 10 A Scene at the House of Sir Christopher Blunt 19 min 11 The Two Thousand Pounds -- Torrens Cottage 17 min 12 Adelais and Rosamond 18 min 13 The Elopement 18 min 14 Lady Hatfield and Dr. Lascelles -- Esther de Medina 20 min 15 The Opiate 8 min 16 The Lover and the Uncle 12 min 17 The Mysterious Letter -- Jacob 29 min 18 The Lovers 19 min 19 Mr. Frank Curtis's Pleasant Adventure 27 min 20 Happiness -- The Diamond Merchant 24 min 21 The Oath 19 min 22 The Alarm -- The Letter 21 min 23 Old Death 17 min 24 Castle Street, Long Acre 23 min 25 Matilda, the Country-Girl 15 min 26 The Lady's-Maid 12 min 27 London on a Rainy Evening -- A Scene in a Post-Chaise 19 min 28 Tom Rain's Lodgings in Lock's Field 30 min 29 The Mysteries of Old Death's Establishment 29 min 30 The Store Rooms 16 min 31 Another Deed of Infamy Brought to Light 27 min 32 Rainford in the Subterranean 12 min 33 Mrs. Martha Slingsby 13 min 34 The Pious Lady 21 min 35 Mr. Sheepshanks 15 min 36 The Baronet and his Mistress 12 min 37 Tom Rain and Jacob 18 min 38 The History of Jacob Smith Part 1 35 min 39 The History of Jacob Smith Part 2 30 min 40 Continuation of the History of Jacob Smith 27 min 41 Conclusion of the History of Jacob Smith 40 min 42 Fresh Alarms 18 min 43 The Paragraph in the Newspaper 16 min 44 Lord Ellingham and Tom Rainford 22 min 45 Mr. Frank Curtis Again 27 min 46 Mr. Dykes and his Myrmidons 16 min 47 Explanations 20 min 48 Farther Explanations 21 min 49 Lord Ellingham and Tom Rain 23 min 50 A Painful Interview 24 min 51 The Lawyer's Office 20 min 52 Lord Ellingham in the Dungeon 31 min 53 Lord Ellingham's Exertions 16 min 54 The Execution 17 min 55 Galvanism 10 min 56 The Laboratory -- Esther de Medina 26 min 57 A History of the Past Part 1 51 min 58 A History of the Past Part 2 46 min 59 A Father 24 min 60 The Resuscitated 37 min 61 The Jew's Family 13 min 62 Sir Christopher Blunt's Domestic Hearth 16 min 63 Captain O'Blunderbuss 27 min 64 Frank's Embarrassments 11 min 65 The Meeting in Battersea Fields 17 min 66 Old Death and his Friend Tidmarsh 18 min 67 The Examination 41 min 68 Mrs. Slingsby and the Baronet Again 26 min 69 The Marriage -- Rosamond 22 min 70 Dr. Wagtail -- Rosamond Torrens 42 min 71 Misery and Vice 18 min 72 Tim the Snammer 14 min 73 The History of Tim the Snammer Part 1 43 min 74 The History of Tim the Snammer Part 2 49 min 75 The History of Tim the Snammer Part 3 39 min 76 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis 36 min 77 Captain O'Blunderbuss Again 27 min 78 Three Months After Marriage 24 min 79 The Knight and the Captain 17 min 80 Tim the Snammer and Josh Pedler out on Business 14 min 81 The Father and Daughter 19 min 82 Retribution 20 min 83 The Earl of Ellingham and Lady Hatfield Again 23 min 84 Mrs. Slingsby and Mr. Torrens 33 min 85 Rosamond at Home 27 min 86 The Forged Cheque 20 min 87 The Reward of Crime 24 min 88 Old Death's Party 21 min 89 The History of a Livery Servant Part 1 37 min 90 The History of a Livery Servant Part 2 39 min 91 Conclusion of the History of a Livery Servant Part 1 40 min 92 Conclusion of the History of a Livery Servant Part 2 18 min 93 The Blackamoor 32 min 94 Scenes at the Blackamoor's House 29 min 95 The Surprise -- Jeffreys and Old Death 17 min 96 The New Justice of the Peace 20 min 97 Captain O'Blunderbuss Again -- Another Strange Visitor 33 min 98 The Confession 14 min 99 Newgate 34 min 100 'The Stout House' 25 min 101 Clarence Villiers and his Aunt 22 min 102 Sir Christopher Blunt a Hero 17 min 103 Carlton House 40 min 104 An Acquittal and a Sentence 14 min 105 The Condition of the Working Classes 19 min 106 The Earl of Ellingham and Esther de Medina 28 min 107 The Blackamoor's Strange Adventure 34 min 108 A State of Siege 25 min 109 The Surprise -- A Change of Scene 32 min 110 The Visit -- Habeas Corpus 17 min 111 The King's Bench Prison 29 min 112 A Farther Insight into the King's Bench Prison 29 min 113 A Tale of Sorrow Part 1 31 min 114 A Tale of Sorrow Part 2 35 min 115 Conclusion of the Tale of Sorrow 37 min 116 The Prisoners 17 min
