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Jack Sheppard: A Romance

Gelesen von Mark Leder

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) (18 hr 13 min)

Chapters

EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD. Chapter One: The Widow and Her Child

36:00

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Chapter Two: The Old Mint

34:58

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Chapter Three: The Master of the Mint

12:33

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Chapter Four: The Roof and the Window

19:30

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Chapter Five: The Denunciation

19:31

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Chapter Six: The Storm

26:26

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Chapter Seven: Old London Bridge

19:37

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EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL. Chapter One: The Idle Apprentice

30:26

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Chapter Two: Thames Darrell

17:26

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Chapter Three: The Jacobite

8:08

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Chapter Four: Mr. Kneebone and His Friends

9:15

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Chapter Five: Hawk and Buzzard

36:06

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Chapter Six: The First Step Towards the Ladder

25:19

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Chapter Seven: Brother and Sister

11:01

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Chapter Eight: Miching Mallecho

28:04

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Chapter Nine: Consequences of the Theft

15:00

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Chapter Ten: Mother and Son

14:06

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Chapter Eleven: The Mohocs

17:13

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Chapter Twelve: Saint Giles's Round-house

21:23

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Chapter Thirteen: The Magdalene

32:40

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Chapter Fourteen: The Flash Ken

17:00

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Chapter Fifteen: The Robbery in Willesden Church

7:29

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Chapter Sixteen: Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey

23:19

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Chapter Seventeen: The Night-cellar

17:26

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Chapter Eighteen: How Jack Sheppard Broke Out of the Cage at Willesden

14:40

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Chapter Nineteen: Good and Evil

7:45

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EPOCH THE THIRD: 1724, THE PRISON-BREAKER. Chapter One: The Return

43:15

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Chapter Two: The Burglary at Dollis Hill

11:53

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Chapter Three: Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild

8:13

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Chapter Four: Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison

7:40

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Chapter Five: The Disguise

40:27

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Chapter Six: Winifred Receives Two Proposals

14:26

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Chapter Seven: Jack Sheppard Warns Thames Darrell

17:33

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Chapter Eight: Old Bedlam

25:16

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Chapter Nine: Old Newgate

19:01

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Chapter Ten: How Jack Sheppard Got Out of the Condemned Hold

34:11

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Chapter Eleven: Dollis Hill Revisited

28:36

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Chapter Twelve: The Well-hole

22:07

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Chapter Thirteen: The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's

48:01

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Chapter Fourteen: How Jack Sheppard Was Again Captured

23:38

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Chapter Fifteen: How Bluepaint Underwent the Peine Forte et Dure

18:46

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Chapter Sixteen: How Jack Sheppard's Portrait Was Painted

28:28

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Chapter Seventeen: The Iron Bar

6:44

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Chapter Eighteen: The Bed Room

4:02

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Chapter Nineteen: The Chapel

7:58

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Chapter Twenty: The Leads

9:05

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Chapter Twenty-one: What Befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House

14:36

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Chapter Twenty-two: Fast and Loose

8:59

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Chapter Twenty-three: The Last Meeting Between Jack Sheppard and His Mother

14:30

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Chapter Twenty-four: The Pursuit

8:00

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Chapter Twenty-five: How Jack Sheppard Got Rid of His Irons

13:23

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Chapter Twenty-six: How Jack Sheppard Attended His Mother's Funeral

14:48

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Chapter Twenty-seven: How Jack Sheppard Was Brought Back to Newgate

17:08

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Chapter Twenty-eight: What Happened at Dollis Hill

13:33

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Chapter Twenty-nine: How Jack Sheppard Was Taken to Westminster Hall

8:29

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Chapter Thirty: How Jonathan Wild's House Was Burnt Down

8:41

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Chapter Thirty-one: The Procession to Tyburn

22:51

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Chapter Thirty-two: The Closing Scene

7:11

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