JACK SHEPPARD
VOLUME I (of III)
A Romance
By W. Harrison Ainsworth
1839
“Upon my word, friend,” said I, “you have almost made melong to try what a robber I should make.” “There is a greatart 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
EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD
CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD.
CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE MINT.
CHAPTER IV. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW.
CHAPTER VII. OLD LONDON BRIDGE.
EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL
CHAPTER I. THE IDLE APPRENTICE.
CHAPTER IV. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS.
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER.
CHAPTER VII. BROTHER AND SISTER.
CHAPTER VIII. MICHING MALLECHO.
CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT.
CHAPTER XII. SAINT GILES'S ROUND-HOUSE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Mr. Wood offers to adopt little Jack Sheppard
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