Volume 1 — A Romance
Reading edition
By W. Harrison Ainsworth
1839
“Upon my word, friend,” said I, “you have almost made me long to try what a robber I should make.” “There is a great art in it, if you did,” quoth he. “Ah! but,” said I, “there's a great deal in being hanged.” Life and Actions of Guzman d'Alfarache.
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS:
EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD
CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD.
CHAPTER II. THE OLD MINT.
CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE MINT.
CHAPTER IV. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW.
CHAPTER V. THE DENUNCIATION.
CHAPTER VI. THE STORM.
CHAPTER VII. OLD LONDON BRIDGE.
EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL
CHAPTER I. THE IDLE APPRENTICE.
CHAPTER II. THAMES DARRELL.
CHAPTER III. THE JACOBITE.
CHAPTER IV. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS.
CHAPTER V. HAWK AND BUZZARD.
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER.
CHAPTER VII. BROTHER AND SISTER.
CHAPTER VIII. MICHING MALLECHO.
CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT.
CHAPTER X. MOTHER AND SON.
CHAPTER XI. THE MOHOCKS.
CHAPTER XII. SAINT GILES'S ROUND-HOUSE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Mr. Wood offers to adopt little Jack Sheppard
Jonathan Wild discovers Darrell in the Loft
The Murder on the Thames
The Storm
The Name on the Beam
“May I be cursed if ever I try to be honest again”
Jack Sheppard exhibits a vindictive character
Jack Sheppard accuses Thames Darrell of Theft