Eighteen Months' Imprisonment


Read by Lee Smalley

(3.8 stars; 8 reviews)

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 (7 hr 15 min)

Chapters

My Arrest 13:13 Read by Lee Smalley
The House of Detention 9:51 Read by Lee Smalley
“Settling Down” 11:49 Read by Lee Smalley
“Prison Fare” 13:18 Read by Lee Smalley
Georgina 8:14 Read by Lee Smalley
Bow Street 7:06 Read by Lee Smalley
Newgate 15:42 Read by Lee Smalley
The Scaffold 9:55 Read by Lee Smalley
A Private Execution 15:57 Read by Lee Smalley
“Newgate Etiquette” 12:09 Read by Lee Smalley
The Titled Convict 18:21 Read by Lee Smalley
The Central Criminal Court 10:49 Read by Lee Smalley
“Corpulency” 20:01 Read by Lee Smalley
Coldbath Fields 25:59 Read by Lee Smalley
“Oakum” Let Us Sing 39:27 Read by Lee Smalley
The Visiting Justices 14:33 Read by Lee Smalley
Prison Trades 17:52 Read by Lee Smalley
The Outer World 11:40 Read by Lee Smalley
The Convalescent Ward 24:10 Read by Lee Smalley
Criminal Lunatics 9:49 Read by Lee Smalley
Prison Celebrities 16:47 Read by Lee Smalley
The Tread-Wheel 13:41 Read by Lee Smalley
Gardening 12:09 Read by Lee Smalley
The Church Militant in Prison 19:44 Read by Lee Smalley
The Hospital Dead-House 29:01 Read by Lee Smalley
Burglars “I Have Met” 18:57 Read by Lee Smalley
“Justice Tempered With Mercy” 12:12 Read by Lee Smalley
Retrospect 3:09 Read by Lee Smalley

Reviews


(4 stars)

Very well read. Very well written. Worthwhile story.

light listening


(3 stars)

easy to listen and great narrative