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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD. Chapter One: The Widow and Her Child
30:28 - Chapter 2
Chapter Two: The Old Mint
34:58 - Chapter 3
Chapter Three: The Master of the Mint
12:33 - Chapter 4
Chapter Four: The Roof and the Window
19:30 - Chapter 5
Chapter Five: The Denunciation
19:31 - Chapter 6
Chapter Six: The Storm
26:26 - Chapter 7
Chapter Seven: Old London Bridge
19:37 - Chapter 8
EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL. Chapter One: The Idle Apprentice
30:26 - Chapter 9
Chapter Two: Thames Darrell
17:26 - Chapter 10
Chapter Three: The Jacobite
08:09 - Chapter 11
Chapter Four: Mr. Kneebone and His Friends
09:15 - Chapter 12
Chapter Five: Hawk and Buzzard
36:06 - Chapter 13
Chapter Six: The First Step Towards the Ladder
25:19 - Chapter 14
Chapter Seven: Brother and Sister
11:01 - Chapter 15
Chapter Eight: Miching Mallecho
28:04 - Chapter 16
Chapter Nine: Consequences of the Theft
15:00 - Chapter 17
Chapter Ten: Mother and Son
14:06 - Chapter 18
Chapter Eleven: The Mohocs
17:13 - Chapter 19
Chapter Twelve: Saint Giles's Round-house
21:23 - Chapter 20
Chapter Thirteen: The Magdalene
32:40 - Chapter 21
Chapter Fourteen: The Flash Ken
17:00 - Chapter 22
Chapter Fifteen: The Robbery in Willesden Church
07:29 - Chapter 23
Chapter Sixteen: Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey
23:19 - Chapter 24
Chapter Seventeen: The Night-cellar
17:26 - Chapter 25
Chapter Eighteen: How Jack Sheppard Broke Out of the Cage at Willesden
14:40 - Chapter 26
Chapter Nineteen: Good and Evil
07:45 - Chapter 27
EPOCH THE THIRD: 1724, THE PRISON-BREAKER. Chapter One: The Return
43:15 - Chapter 28
Chapter Two: The Burglary at Dollis Hill
11:53 - Chapter 29
Chapter Three: Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild
08:13 - Chapter 30
Chapter Four: Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison
07:40 - Chapter 31
Chapter Five: The Disguise
40:27 - Chapter 32
Chapter Six: Winifred Receives Two Proposals
14:26 - Chapter 33
Chapter Seven: Jack Sheppard Warns Thames Darrell
17:33 - Chapter 34
Chapter Eight: Old Bedlam
25:16 - Chapter 35
Chapter Nine: Old Newgate
19:01 - Chapter 36
Chapter Ten: How Jack Sheppard Got Out of the Condemned Hold
34:11 - Chapter 37
Chapter Eleven: Dollis Hill Revisited
28:36 - Chapter 38
Chapter Twelve: The Well-hole
22:07 - Chapter 39
Chapter Thirteen: The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's
48:01 - Chapter 40
Chapter Fourteen: How Jack Sheppard Was Again Captured
23:38 - Chapter 41
Chapter Fifteen: How Bluepaint Underwent the Peine Forte et Dure
18:46 - Chapter 42
Chapter Sixteen: How Jack Sheppard's Portrait Was Painted
28:28 - Chapter 43
Chapter Seventeen: The Iron Bar
06:44 - Chapter 44
Chapter Eighteen: The Bed Room
04:02 - Chapter 45
Chapter Nineteen: The Chapel
07:58 - Chapter 46
Chapter Twenty: The Leads
09:05 - Chapter 47
Chapter Twenty-one: What Befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House
14:36 - Chapter 48
Chapter Twenty-two: Fast and Loose
08:59 - Chapter 49
Chapter Twenty-three: The Last Meeting Between Jack Sheppard and His Mother
14:30 - Chapter 50
Chapter Twenty-four: The Pursuit
08:00 - Chapter 51
Chapter Twenty-five: How Jack Sheppard Got Rid of His Irons
13:23 - Chapter 52
Chapter Twenty-six: How Jack Sheppard Attended His Mother's Funeral
14:48 - Chapter 53
Chapter Twenty-seven: How Jack Sheppard Was Brought Back to Newgate
17:08 - Chapter 54
Chapter Twenty-eight: What Happened at Dollis Hill
13:33 - Chapter 55
Chapter Twenty-nine: How Jack Sheppard Was Taken to Westminster Hall
08:29 - Chapter 56
Chapter Thirty: How Jonathan Wild's House Was Burnt Down
08:41 - Chapter 57
Chapter Thirty-one: The Procession to Tyburn
22:51 - Chapter 58
Chapter Thirty-two: The Closing Scene
07:11