JACK SHEPPARD A Romance

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Author

Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882

Title

Jack Sheppard: A Romance

Original Publication

Internationale Bibliothek G M B H Berlin 1922

Credits

Produced by Jason Isbell, Ben Beasley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Thieves -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16215

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16215

Release Date

July 6, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.English Library — VOL. XII — JACK SHEPPARD A Romance
2. 2.BY W. Harrison Ainsworth
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.EPOCH THE FIRST. — 1703. — JONATHAN WILD.
5. 5.JACK SHEPPARD.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — The Widow and her Child.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — The Old Mint.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — The Master of the Mint.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — The Roof and the Window.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — The Denunciation. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — The Storm.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — Old London Bridge. — END OF THE FIRST EPOCH.
13. 13.EPOCH THE SECOND. — 1715. — THAMES DARRELL.
14. 14.CHAPTER I. — The Idle Apprentice.
15. 15.CHAPTER II. — Thames Darrell.
16. 16.CHAPTER III. — The Jacobite.
17. 17.CHAPTER IV. — Mr. Kneebone and his Friends.
18. 18.CHAPTER V. — Hawk and Buzzard.
19. 19.CHAPTER VI. — The first Step towards the Ladder.
20. 20.CHAPTER VII. — Brother and Sister.
21. 21.CHAPTER VIII. — Miching Mallecho.
22. 22.CHAPTER IX. — Consequences of the Theft.
23. 23.CHAPTER X. — Mother and Son.
24. 24.CHAPTER XI. — The Mohocks.
25. 25.CHAPTER XII. — Saint Giles's Round-house.
26. 26.CHAPTER XIII. — The Magdalene.
27. 27.CHAPTER XIV. — The Flash Ken.
28. 28.CHAPTER XV. — The Robbery in Willesden Church.
29. 29.CHAPTER XVI. — Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey.
30. 30.CHAPTER XVII. — The Night-Cellar.
31. 31.CHAPTER XVIII. — How Jack Sheppard broke out of the Cage at Willesden.
32. 32.CHAPTER XIX. — Good and Evil. — END OF THE SECOND EPOCH.
33. 33.EPOCH THE THIRD. — 1724 — THE PRISON-BREAKER.
34. 34.CHAPTER I. — The Return.
35. 35.CHAPTER II. — The Burglary at Dollis Hill.
36. 36.CHAPTER III. — Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild.
37. 37.CHAPTER IV. — Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison.
38. 38.CHAPTER V. — The Disguise.
39. 39.CHAPTER VI. — Winifred receives two Proposals.
40. 40.CHAPTER VII. — Jack Sheppard warns Thames Darrell.
41. 41.CHAPTER VIII. — Old Bedlam.
42. 42.CHAPTER IX. — Old Newgate.
43. 43.CHAPTER X. — How Jack Sheppard got out of the Condemned Hold.
44. 44.CHAPTER XI. — Dollis Hill revisited.
45. 45.CHAPTER XII. — The Well Hole.
46. 46.CHAPTER XIII. — The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's.
47. 47.CHAPTER XIV. — How Jack Sheppard was again captured.
48. 48.CHAPTER XV. — How Blueskin underwent the Peine Forte et Dure.
49. 49.CHAPTER XVI. — How Jack Sheppard's Portrait was painted.
50. 50.CHAPTER XVII. — The Iron Bar.
51. 51.CHAPTER XVIII. — The Red Room.
52. 52.CHAPTER XIX. — The Chapel.
53. 53.CHAPTER XX. — The Leads.
54. 54.CHAPTER XXI. — What befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House.
55. 55.CHAPTER XXII. — Fast and Loose.
56. 56.CHAPTER XXIII. — The last Meeting between Jack Sheppard and his Mother.
57. 57.CHAPTER XXIV. — The Pursuit.
58. 58.CHAPTER XXV. — How Jack Sheppard got rid of his Irons.
59. 59.CHAPTER XXVI. — How Jack Sheppard attended his Mother's Funeral.
60. 60.CHAPTER XXVII. — How Jack Sheppard was brought back to Newgate.
61. 61.CHAPTER XXVIII. — What happened at Dollis Hill.
62. 62.CHAPTER XXIX. — How Jack Sheppard was taken to Westminster Hall.
63. 63.CHAPTER XXX. — How Jonathan Wild's House was burnt down.
64. 64.CHAPTER XXXI. — The Procession to Tyburn.
65. 65.CHAPTER XXXII. — The Closing Scene. — THE END.

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