Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 3 (of 3) by William Harrison Ainsworth

"Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 3 (of 3)" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a novel serially published from 1839 to 1840. This historical romance follows the real-life 18th-century criminal Jack Sheppard through three dramatic epochs. Corrupted into crime by the ruthless thief-catcher Jonathan Wild, young Jack becomes a notorious thief whose ingenious prison escapes captivate London. As Wild's cruelty intensifies and tragedy strikes, Sheppard struggles between his criminal nature and fleeting redemption, hurtling toward an inevitable fate before thousands of onlookers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882
Illustrator Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Title Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 73.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724 -- Fiction
Subject Thieves -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 44523
Release Date
Last Update Oct 23, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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