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The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4

Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur) · Public domain text

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Author
George W. M. Reynolds (1814–1879)
Language
English
Subjects
London (England) › Fiction, Penny dreadfuls
Length
426,226 words · about 29 h 51 min
Sections
138 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (138)
  1. Opening about 4 min
  2. Prologue about 4 min
  3. I. THE OLD HOUSE IN SMITHFIELD about 7 min
  4. II. THE MYSTERIES OF THE OLD HOUSE about 8 min
  5. III. THE TRAP-DOOR about 6 min
  6. IV. THE TWO TREES about 14 min
  7. V. ELIGIBLE ACQUAINTANCES about 12 min
  8. VI. MRS. ARLINGTON about 11 min
  9. VII. THE BOUDOIR about 10 min
  10. VIII. THE CONVERSATION about 6 min
  11. IX. A CITY MAN.--SMITHFIELD SCENES about 18 min
  12. X. THE FRAIL ONE'S NARRATIVE about 9 min
  13. Chapter XI about 14 min
  14. XII. THE BANK-NOTES about 8 min
  15. XIII. THE HELL about 9 min
  16. XIV. THE STATION-HOUSE about 9 min
  17. XV. THE POLICE-OFFICE about 11 min
  18. XVI. THE BEGINNING OF MISFORTUNES about 13 min
  19. XVII. A DEN OF HORRORS about 13 min
  20. XVIII. THE BOOZING-KEN about 16 min
  21. XIX. MORNING about 9 min
  22. XX. THE VILLA about 10 min
  23. XXI. ATROCITY about 7 min
  24. XXII. A WOMAN'S MIND about 9 min
  25. XXIII. THE OLD HOUSE IN SMITHFIELD AGAIN about 13 min
  26. XXIV. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE about 11 min
  27. XXV. THE ENCHANTRESS about 14 min
  28. XXVI. NEWGATE about 11 min
  29. XXVII. THE REPUBLICAN AND THE RESURRECTION MAN about 8 min
  30. XXVIII. THE DUNGEON about 16 min
  31. XXIX. THE BLACK CHAMBER about 12 min
  32. XXX. THE 26TH OF NOVEMBER about 25 min
  33. XXXI. EXPLANATIONS about 11 min
  34. XXXII. THE OLD BAILEY about 19 min
  35. XXXIII. ANOTHER DAY AT THE OLD BAILEY about 10 min
  36. XXXIV. THE LESSON INTERRUPTED about 8 min
  37. XXXV. WHITECROSS-STREET PRISON about 14 min
  38. XXXVI. THE EXECUTION about 14 min
  39. XXXVII. THE LAPSE OF TWO YEARS about 15 min
  40. XXXVIII. THE VISIT about 15 min
  41. XXXIX. THE DREAM about 9 min
  42. XL. THE SPECULATION.--AN UNWELCOME MEETING about 14 min
  43. XLI. MR. GREENWOOD about 12 min
  44. Chapter XLII about 20 min
  45. XLIII. THE MUMMY about 13 min
  46. XLIV. THE BODY-SNATCHERS about 12 min
  47. XLV. THE FRUITLESS SEARCH about 12 min
  48. XLVI. RICHARD AND ISABELLA about 30 min
  49. XLVII. ELIZA SYDNEY about 11 min
  50. XLVIII. MR. GREENWOOD'S VISITORS about 30 min
  51. XLIX. THE DOCUMENT about 14 min
  52. L. THE DRUGGED WINE-GLASS about 14 min
  53. LI. DIANA AND ELIZA about 10 min
  54. LII. THE BED OF SICKNESS about 8 min
  55. LIII. ACCUSATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS about 19 min
  56. LIV. THE BANKER about 19 min
  57. LV. MISERRIMA!!! about 20 min
  58. LVI. THE ROAD TO RUIN about 22 min
  59. LVII. THE LAST RESOURCE about 9 min
  60. LVIII. NEW YEAR'S DAY about 18 min
  61. LIX. THE ROYAL LOVERS about 11 min
  62. LX. REVELATIONS about 10 min
  63. LXI. THE "BOOZING KEN" ONCE MORE about 17 min
  64. LXII. THE RESURRECTION MAN'S HISTORY about 25 min
  65. LXIII. THE PLOT about 6 min
  66. LXIV. THE COUNTERPLOT about 15 min
  67. LXV. THE WRONGS AND CRIMES OF THE POOR about 15 min
  68. LXVI. THE RESULT OF MARKHAM'S ENTERPRISE about 9 min
  69. LXVII. SCENES IN FASHIONABLE LIFE about 12 min
  70. LXVIII. THE ELECTION about 13 min
  71. LXIX. THE "WHIPPERS-IN." about 11 min
  72. LXX. THE IMAGE, THE PICTURE, AND THE STATUE about 13 min
  73. LXXI. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS about 7 min
  74. LXXII. THE BLACK CHAMBER AGAIN about 20 min
  75. LXXIII. CAPTAIN DAPPER AND SIR CHERRY BOUNCE about 11 min
  76. LXXIV. THE MEETING about 13 min
  77. LXXV. THE CRISIS about 12 min
  78. LXXVI. COUNT ALTERONI'S FIFTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS about 8 min
  79. LXXVII. A WOMAN'S SECRET about 11 min
  80. LXXVIII. MARIAN about 10 min
  81. LXXIX. THE BILL.--A FATHER about 10 min
  82. LXXX. THE REVELATION about 10 min
  83. LXXXI. THE MYSTERIOUS INSTRUCTIONS about 7 min
  84. LXXXII. THE MEDICAL MAN about 9 min
  85. LXXXIII. THE BLACK CHAMBER AGAIN about 7 min
  86. LXXXIV. THE SECOND EXAMINATION.--COUNT ALTERONI about 15 min
  87. LXXXV. A FRIEND IN NEED about 12 min
  88. LXXXVI. THE OLD HAG about 12 min
  89. LXXXVII. THE PROFESSOR OF MESMERISM about 12 min
  90. LXXXVIII. THE FIGURANTE about 14 min
  91. LXXXIX. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER about 8 min
  92. XC. MARKHAM'S OCCUPATIONS about 25 min
  93. XCI. THE TRAGEDY about 16 min
  94. XCII. THE ITALIAN VALET about 18 min
  95. XCIII. NEWS FROM CASTELCICALA about 17 min
  96. XCIV. THE HOME OFFICE about 21 min
  97. XCV. THE FORGER AND THE ADULTERESS about 15 min
  98. XCVI. THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT'S LEVEE about 13 min
  99. XCVII. ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S DAY about 19 min
  100. XCVIII. DARK PLOTS AND SCHEMES about 14 min
  101. XCIX. THE BUFFER'S HISTORY about 30 min
  102. C. THE MYSTERIES OF THE GROUND-FLOOR ROOMS about 9 min
  103. CI. THE WIDOW about 8 min
  104. CII. THE REVEREND VISITOR about 10 min
  105. CIII. HOPES AND FEARS about 9 min
  106. CIV. FEMALE COURAGE about 9 min
  107. CV. THE COMBAT about 10 min
  108. CVI. THE GRAVE-DIGGER about 15 min
  109. CVII. A DISCOVERY about 9 min
  110. CVIII. THE EXHUMATION about 9 min
  111. CIX. THE STOCK-BROKER about 34 min
  112. CX. THE EFFECTS Of A TRANCE about 7 min
  113. CXI. A SCENE AT MR. CHICHESTER'S HOUSE about 7 min
  114. CXII. VIOLA about 14 min
  115. CXIII. THE LOVERS about 15 min
  116. CXIV. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET about 9 min
  117. CXV. THE TREASURE.--A NEW IDEA about 8 min
  118. CXVI. THE RATTLESNAKE'S HISTORY.[82] about 40 min
  119. CXVII. THE RATTLESNAKE about 10 min
  120. CXVIII. THE TWO MAIDENS about 16 min
  121. CXIX. POOR ELLEN! about 8 min
  122. CXX. THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER about 7 min
  123. CXXI. HIS CHILD! about 8 min
  124. CXXII. A CHANGE OF FORTUNE about 8 min
  125. CXXIII. ARISTOCRATIC MORALS about 10 min
  126. CXXIV. THE INTRIGUES OF A DEMIREP about 11 min
  127. CXXV. THE RECONCILIATION about 9 min
  128. CXXVI. THE RECTOR OF SAINT DAVID'S about 10 min
  129. CXXVII. BLANDISHMENTS about 9 min
  130. CXXVIII. TEMPTATION about 10 min
  131. CXXIX. THE FALL about 11 min
  132. CXXX. MENTAL STRUGGLES about 12 min
  133. CXXXI. THE STATUE about 10 min
  134. CXXXII. AN OLD FRIEND about 16 min
  135. CXXXIII. SKILLIGALEE'S HISTORY about 32 min
  136. CXXXIV. THE PALACE IN THE HOLY LAND about 8 min
  137. CXXXV. THE PROPOSAL.--UNEXPECTED MEETINGS about 20 min
  138. CXXXVI. THE SECRET TRIBUNAL about 19 min

The opening of Prologue

Between the 10th and 13th centuries Civilisation withdrew from Egypt and Syria, rested for a little space at Constantinople, and then passed away to the western climes of Europe.

From that period these climes have been the grand laboratory in which Civilisation has wrought out refinement in every art and every science, and whence it has diffused its benefits over the earth. It has taught commerce to plough the waves of every sea with the adventurous keel; it has enabled handfuls of disciplined warriors to subdue the mighty armaments of oriental princes; and its daring sons have planted its banners amidst the eternal ice of the poles. It has cut down the primitive forests of America; carried trade into the interior of Africa; annihilated time and distance by the aid of steam; and now contemplates how to force a passage through Suez and Panama.

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