Eighteen Months' Imprisonment

Donald Shaw

This is an absorbing memoir of an inmate's experiences and impressions while in a London prison. He describes himself as "a man of education and worldly experience" and weighing "19 stone 13 lbs" (279 lbs), a stone being 14 lbs, at the beginning of his imprisonment but not upon his release. The author writes with a reporter's keen perception and a talented novelist's ability to engage and at times amuse the reader. - Summary by Lee Smalley

Genre(s): Memoirs

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 My Arrest Lee Smalley
00:13:13
Play 02 The House of Detention Lee Smalley
00:09:51
Play 03 “Settling Down” Lee Smalley
00:11:49
Play 04 “Prison Fare” Lee Smalley
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Play 05 Georgina Lee Smalley
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Play 06 Bow Street Lee Smalley
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Play 07 Newgate Lee Smalley
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Play 08 The Scaffold Lee Smalley
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Play 09 A Private Execution Lee Smalley
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Play 10 “Newgate Etiquette” Lee Smalley
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Play 11 The Titled Convict Lee Smalley
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Play 12 The Central Criminal Court Lee Smalley
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Play 13 “Corpulency” Lee Smalley
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Play 14 Coldbath Fields Lee Smalley
00:25:59
Play 15 “Oakum” Let Us Sing Lee Smalley
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Play 16 The Visiting Justices Lee Smalley
00:14:33
Play 17 Prison Trades Lee Smalley
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Play 18 The Outer World Lee Smalley
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Play 19 The Convalescent Ward Lee Smalley
00:24:10
Play 20 Criminal Lunatics Lee Smalley
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Play 21 Prison Celebrities Lee Smalley
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Play 22 The Tread-Wheel Lee Smalley
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Play 23 Gardening Lee Smalley
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Play 24 The Church Militant in Prison Lee Smalley
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Play 25 The Hospital Dead-House Lee Smalley
00:29:01
Play 26 Burglars “I Have Met” Lee Smalley
00:18:57
Play 27 “Justice Tempered With Mercy” Lee Smalley
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Play 28 Retrospect Lee Smalley
00:03:09