Volume 3 — 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.
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS:
CHAPTER XI. DOLLIS HILL REVISITED.
CHAPTER XII. THE WELL HOLE.
CHAPTER XIII. THE SUPPER AT MR. KNEEBONE'S.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS AGAIN CAPTURED.
CHAPTER XV. HOW BLUESKIN UNDERWENT THE PEINE FORTE ET DURE.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD'S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED.
CHAPTER XVII. THE IRON BAR.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE RED ROOM.
CHAPTER XIX. THE CHAPEL.
CHAPTER XX. THE LEADS.
CHAPTER XXI. WHAT BEFELL JACK SHEPPARD IN THE TURNER'S HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXII. FAST AND LOOSE.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN JACK SHEPPARD AND HIS MOTHER.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE PURSUIT.
CHAPTER XXV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT RID OF HIS IRONS.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD ATTENDED HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL.
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS BROUGHT BACK TO NEWGATE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. WHAT HAPPENED AT DOLLIS HILL.
CHAPTER XXIX. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS TAKEN TO WESTMINSTER HALL.
CHAPTER XXX. HOW JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE WAS BURNT DOWN.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE PROCESSION TO TYBURN.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE CLOSING SCENE.
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece
Jonathan Wild throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard down the Well
Jack Sheppard tricking Shotbolt the Gaoler
The Escape, No. I.
The Escape, No. II
The Escape, No. III
Jonathan Wild seizing Jack Sheppard at his Mother's Grave
Jack Sheppard's Irons knocked off in Newgate
The Procession from Newgate to Tyburn
The Last Scene