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)
Chapters
1 EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD. Chapter One: The Widow and Her Child 30 min 2 Chapter Two: The Old Mint 35 min 3 Chapter Three: The Master of the Mint 13 min 4 Chapter Four: The Roof and the Window 20 min 5 Chapter Five: The Denunciation 20 min 6 Chapter Six: The Storm 26 min 7 Chapter Seven: Old London Bridge 20 min 8 EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL. Chapter One: The Idle Apprentice 30 min 9 Chapter Two: Thames Darrell 17 min 10 Chapter Three: The Jacobite 8 min 11 Chapter Four: Mr. Kneebone and His Friends 9 min 12 Chapter Five: Hawk and Buzzard 36 min 13 Chapter Six: The First Step Towards the Ladder 25 min 14 Chapter Seven: Brother and Sister 11 min 15 Chapter Eight: Miching Mallecho 28 min 16 Chapter Nine: Consequences of the Theft 15 min 17 Chapter Ten: Mother and Son 14 min 18 Chapter Eleven: The Mohocs 17 min 19 Chapter Twelve: Saint Giles's Round-house 21 min 20 Chapter Thirteen: The Magdalene 33 min 21 Chapter Fourteen: The Flash Ken 17 min 22 Chapter Fifteen: The Robbery in Willesden Church 7 min 23 Chapter Sixteen: Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey 23 min 24 Chapter Seventeen: The Night-cellar 17 min 25 Chapter Eighteen: How Jack Sheppard Broke Out of the Cage at Willesden 15 min 26 Chapter Nineteen: Good and Evil 8 min 27 EPOCH THE THIRD: 1724, THE PRISON-BREAKER. Chapter One: The Return 43 min 28 Chapter Two: The Burglary at Dollis Hill 12 min 29 Chapter Three: Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild 8 min 30 Chapter Four: Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison 8 min 31 Chapter Five: The Disguise 40 min 32 Chapter Six: Winifred Receives Two Proposals 14 min 33 Chapter Seven: Jack Sheppard Warns Thames Darrell 18 min 34 Chapter Eight: Old Bedlam 25 min 35 Chapter Nine: Old Newgate 19 min 36 Chapter Ten: How Jack Sheppard Got Out of the Condemned Hold 34 min 37 Chapter Eleven: Dollis Hill Revisited 29 min 38 Chapter Twelve: The Well-hole 22 min 39 Chapter Thirteen: The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's 48 min 40 Chapter Fourteen: How Jack Sheppard Was Again Captured 24 min 41 Chapter Fifteen: How Bluepaint Underwent the Peine Forte et Dure 19 min 42 Chapter Sixteen: How Jack Sheppard's Portrait Was Painted 28 min 43 Chapter Seventeen: The Iron Bar 7 min 44 Chapter Eighteen: The Bed Room 4 min 45 Chapter Nineteen: The Chapel 8 min 46 Chapter Twenty: The Leads 9 min 47 Chapter Twenty-one: What Befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House 15 min 48 Chapter Twenty-two: Fast and Loose 9 min 49 Chapter Twenty-three: The Last Meeting Between Jack Sheppard and His Mother 14 min 50 Chapter Twenty-four: The Pursuit 8 min 51 Chapter Twenty-five: How Jack Sheppard Got Rid of His Irons 13 min 52 Chapter Twenty-six: How Jack Sheppard Attended His Mother's Funeral 15 min 53 Chapter Twenty-seven: How Jack Sheppard Was Brought Back to Newgate 17 min 54 Chapter Twenty-eight: What Happened at Dollis Hill 14 min 55 Chapter Twenty-nine: How Jack Sheppard Was Taken to Westminster Hall 8 min 56 Chapter Thirty: How Jonathan Wild's House Was Burnt Down 9 min 57 Chapter Thirty-one: The Procession to Tyburn 23 min 58 Chapter Thirty-two: The Closing Scene 7 min
