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)
Chapters (58)
1EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD. Chapter One: The Widow and Her Child
1828
2Chapter Two: The Old Mint
2098
3Chapter Three: The Master of the Mint
753
4Chapter Four: The Roof and the Window
1170
5Chapter Five: The Denunciation
1171
6Chapter Six: The Storm
1586
7Chapter Seven: Old London Bridge
1177
8EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL. Chapter One: The Idle Apprentice
1826
9Chapter Two: Thames Darrell
1046
10Chapter Three: The Jacobite
489
11Chapter Four: Mr. Kneebone and His Friends
555
12Chapter Five: Hawk and Buzzard
2166
13Chapter Six: The First Step Towards the Ladder
1519
14Chapter Seven: Brother and Sister
661
15Chapter Eight: Miching Mallecho
1684
16Chapter Nine: Consequences of the Theft
900
17Chapter Ten: Mother and Son
846
18Chapter Eleven: The Mohocs
1033
19Chapter Twelve: Saint Giles's Round-house
1283
20Chapter Thirteen: The Magdalene
1960
21Chapter Fourteen: The Flash Ken
1020
22Chapter Fifteen: The Robbery in Willesden Church
449
23Chapter Sixteen: Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey
1399
24Chapter Seventeen: The Night-cellar
1046
25Chapter Eighteen: How Jack Sheppard Broke Out of the Cage at Willesden
880
26Chapter Nineteen: Good and Evil
465
27EPOCH THE THIRD: 1724, THE PRISON-BREAKER. Chapter One: The Return
2595
28Chapter Two: The Burglary at Dollis Hill
713
29Chapter Three: Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild
493
30Chapter Four: Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison
460
31Chapter Five: The Disguise
2427
32Chapter Six: Winifred Receives Two Proposals
866
33Chapter Seven: Jack Sheppard Warns Thames Darrell
1053
34Chapter Eight: Old Bedlam
1516
35Chapter Nine: Old Newgate
1141
36Chapter Ten: How Jack Sheppard Got Out of the Condemned Hold
2051
37Chapter Eleven: Dollis Hill Revisited
1716
38Chapter Twelve: The Well-hole
1327
39Chapter Thirteen: The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's
2881
40Chapter Fourteen: How Jack Sheppard Was Again Captured
1418
41Chapter Fifteen: How Bluepaint Underwent the Peine Forte et Dure
1126
42Chapter Sixteen: How Jack Sheppard's Portrait Was Painted
1708
43Chapter Seventeen: The Iron Bar
404
44Chapter Eighteen: The Bed Room
242
45Chapter Nineteen: The Chapel
478
46Chapter Twenty: The Leads
545
47Chapter Twenty-one: What Befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House
876
48Chapter Twenty-two: Fast and Loose
539
49Chapter Twenty-three: The Last Meeting Between Jack Sheppard and His Mother
870
50Chapter Twenty-four: The Pursuit
480
51Chapter Twenty-five: How Jack Sheppard Got Rid of His Irons
803
52Chapter Twenty-six: How Jack Sheppard Attended His Mother's Funeral
888
53Chapter Twenty-seven: How Jack Sheppard Was Brought Back to Newgate
1028
54Chapter Twenty-eight: What Happened at Dollis Hill
813
55Chapter Twenty-nine: How Jack Sheppard Was Taken to Westminster Hall
509
56Chapter Thirty: How Jonathan Wild's House Was Burnt Down
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