The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46, priced at a penny each. Serialised novels sold in this way were known as Penny Dreadfuls … without any claim to literary greatness, they sought to provide ongoing entertainment for the popular audience.
Chapters
1 Scenes in Fashionable Life 18 min 2 The Election 21 min 3 The Whippers 18 min 4 The Image, the Picture and the Statue 22 min 5 The House of Commons 14 min 6 The BlackChamber Again 33 min 7 Captain Dapper and Sir Henry Bounce 19 min 8 The Meeting 21 min 9 The Crisis 20 min 10 Count Alteroni's Fifteen Thousand Pounds 14 min 11 A Woman's Secret 18 min 12 Marion 15 min 13 The Bill A Father 16 min 14 The Revelation 15 min 15 The Mysterious Instructions 13 min 16 The Medical man 15 min 17 The Black Chamber Again 14 min 18 The Second Examination - Count Alteroni 26 min 19 A Friend in Need 20 min 20 The Old Hag 21 min 21 The Professor of Mesmerism 20 min 22 The Figurante 23 min 23 The Mysterious Letter 14 min 24 Markham's Occupations 38 min 25 The Tragedy 25 min 26 The Italian Valet 27 min 27 News from Castelcicala 28 min 28 The Home Office 32 min 29 The Forger and the Adultress 25 min 30 The Member of Parliament's Levee 21 min 31 Another New Year's Day 28 min 32 Dark Plots and Schemes 21 min 33 The Buffer's History 51 min 34 The Mysteries of the Ground Floor Rooms 14 min 35 The Widow 16 min 36 The Reverend Visitor 16 min 37 Hopes and Fears 14 min 38 A Woman's Bravery 15 min 39 The Combat 15 min 40 The Grave Digger 28 min 41 A Discovery 14 min 42 The Exhumation 14 min 43 The Stockbroker Part 1 30 min 44 The Stockbroker Part 2 26 min 45 The Effects of a Trance 11 min 46 A Scene at Mr Chichester's House 11 min 47 Viola 23 min 48 The Lovers 24 min 49 The Contents of the Package 14 min 50 The Treasure - A New Idea 13 min 51 The Rattlesnake's History Part 1 28 min 52 The Rattlesnake's History Part 2 30 min 53 The Rattlesnake 15 min 54 The Two Maidens 24 min 55 Poor Ellen 13 min 56 The Father and Daughter 12 min 57 A Change of Fortune 12 min 58 His Child 12 min 59 Aristocraic Morals 16 min 60 The Intrigues of a Demirep 19 min 61 The Reconciliation 13 min 62 The Rector of Saint David's 16 min 63 Blandishments 15 min 64 Temptation 16 min 65 The Fall 17 min 66 Mental Struggles 19 min 67 The Statue 15 min 68 An Old Friend 24 min 69 Skilligalee's History Part 1 23 min 70 Skilligalee's History Part 2 27 min 71 The Palace in the Holy Land 16 min 72 The Proposal. - Unexpected Meetings 31 min 73 The Secret Tribunal 19 min 74 Epilogue to Volume 1 4 min
