Jack Sheppard: A Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882)

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)

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction, Historical Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD. Chapter One: The Widow and Her Child Mark Leder
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Play 02 Chapter Two: The Old Mint Mark Leder
00:34:58
Play 03 Chapter Three: The Master of the Mint Mark Leder
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Play 04 Chapter Four: The Roof and the Window Mark Leder
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Play 05 Chapter Five: The Denunciation Mark Leder
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Play 06 Chapter Six: The Storm Mark Leder
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Play 07 Chapter Seven: Old London Bridge Mark Leder
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Play 08 EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL. Chapter One: The Idle Apprentice Mark Leder
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Play 09 Chapter Two: Thames Darrell Mark Leder
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Play 10 Chapter Three: The Jacobite Mark Leder
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Play 11 Chapter Four: Mr. Kneebone and His Friends Mark Leder
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Play 12 Chapter Five: Hawk and Buzzard Mark Leder
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Play 13 Chapter Six: The First Step Towards the Ladder Mark Leder
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Play 14 Chapter Seven: Brother and Sister Mark Leder
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Play 15 Chapter Eight: Miching Mallecho Mark Leder
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Play 16 Chapter Nine: Consequences of the Theft Mark Leder
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Play 17 Chapter Ten: Mother and Son Mark Leder
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Play 18 Chapter Eleven: The Mohocs Mark Leder
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Play 19 Chapter Twelve: Saint Giles's Round-house Mark Leder
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Play 20 Chapter Thirteen: The Magdalene Mark Leder
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Play 21 Chapter Fourteen: The Flash Ken Mark Leder
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Play 22 Chapter Fifteen: The Robbery in Willesden Church Mark Leder
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Play 23 Chapter Sixteen: Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey Mark Leder
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Play 24 Chapter Seventeen: The Night-cellar Mark Leder
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Play 25 Chapter Eighteen: How Jack Sheppard Broke Out of the Cage at Willesden Mark Leder
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Play 26 Chapter Nineteen: Good and Evil Mark Leder
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Play 27 EPOCH THE THIRD: 1724, THE PRISON-BREAKER. Chapter One: The Return Mark Leder
00:43:15
Play 28 Chapter Two: The Burglary at Dollis Hill Mark Leder
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Play 29 Chapter Three: Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild Mark Leder
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Play 30 Chapter Four: Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison Mark Leder
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Play 31 Chapter Five: The Disguise Mark Leder
00:40:27
Play 32 Chapter Six: Winifred Receives Two Proposals Mark Leder
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Play 33 Chapter Seven: Jack Sheppard Warns Thames Darrell Mark Leder
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Play 34 Chapter Eight: Old Bedlam Mark Leder
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Play 35 Chapter Nine: Old Newgate Mark Leder
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Play 36 Chapter Ten: How Jack Sheppard Got Out of the Condemned Hold Mark Leder
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Play 37 Chapter Eleven: Dollis Hill Revisited Mark Leder
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Play 38 Chapter Twelve: The Well-hole Mark Leder
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Play 39 Chapter Thirteen: The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's Mark Leder
00:48:01
Play 40 Chapter Fourteen: How Jack Sheppard Was Again Captured Mark Leder
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Play 41 Chapter Fifteen: How Bluepaint Underwent the Peine Forte et Dure Mark Leder
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Play 42 Chapter Sixteen: How Jack Sheppard's Portrait Was Painted Mark Leder
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Play 43 Chapter Seventeen: The Iron Bar Mark Leder
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Play 44 Chapter Eighteen: The Bed Room Mark Leder
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Play 45 Chapter Nineteen: The Chapel Mark Leder
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Play 46 Chapter Twenty: The Leads Mark Leder
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Play 47 Chapter Twenty-one: What Befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House Mark Leder
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Play 48 Chapter Twenty-two: Fast and Loose Mark Leder
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Play 49 Chapter Twenty-three: The Last Meeting Between Jack Sheppard and His Mother Mark Leder
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Play 50 Chapter Twenty-four: The Pursuit Mark Leder
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Play 51 Chapter Twenty-five: How Jack Sheppard Got Rid of His Irons Mark Leder
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Play 52 Chapter Twenty-six: How Jack Sheppard Attended His Mother's Funeral Mark Leder
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Play 53 Chapter Twenty-seven: How Jack Sheppard Was Brought Back to Newgate Mark Leder
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Play 54 Chapter Twenty-eight: What Happened at Dollis Hill Mark Leder
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Play 55 Chapter Twenty-nine: How Jack Sheppard Was Taken to Westminster Hall Mark Leder
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Play 56 Chapter Thirty: How Jonathan Wild's House Was Burnt Down Mark Leder
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Play 57 Chapter Thirty-one: The Procession to Tyburn Mark Leder
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Play 58 Chapter Thirty-two: The Closing Scene Mark Leder
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