Jack Sheppard: A Romance


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