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The Mysteries of London Vol. III

by George W. M. REYNOLDS (1814 - 1879)

Captain O'Blunderbuss

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap operas. Known as "Penny Dreadfuls", they had no claim to literary brilliance but offered readers entertainment and excitement in the form of vice, poverty, wealth, virtue, mystery, romance and scandal in every combination and reached a mass audience. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

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Listen next episodes of The Mysteries of London Vol. III:
Conclusion of the History of a Livery Servant Part 2 , A Farther Insight into the King's Bench Prison , A State of Siege , A Tale of Sorrow Part 1 , A Tale of Sorrow Part 2 , An Acquittal and a Sentence , Captain O'Blunderbuss Again , Captain O'Blunderbuss Again -- Another Strange Visitor , Carlton House , Clarence Villiers and his Aunt , Conclusion of the History of a Livery Servant Part 1 , Conclusion of the Tale of Sorrow , Dr. Wagtail -- Rosamond Torrens , Frank's Embarrassments , Misery and Vice , Mr. and Mrs. Curtis , Mrs. Slingsby and Mr. Torrens , Mrs. Slingsby and the Baronet Again , Newgate , Old Death and his Friend Tidmarsh , Old Death's Party , Retribution , Rosamond at Home , Scenes at the Blackamoor's House , Sir Christopher Blunt a Hero , The Blackamoor , The Blackamoor's Strange Adventure , The Condition of the Working Classes , The Confession , The Earl of Ellingham and Esther de Medina , The Earl of Ellingham and Lady Hatfield Again , The Examination , The Father and Daughter , The Forged Cheque , The History of a Livery Servant Part 1 , The History of a Livery Servant Part 2 , The History of Tim the Snammer Part 1 , The History of Tim the Snammer Part 2 , The History of Tim the Snammer Part 3 , The King's Bench Prison , The Knight and the Captain , The Marriage -- Rosamond , The Meeting in Battersea Fields , The New Justice of the Peace , The Prisoners , The Reward of Crime , 'The Stout House' , The Surprise -- A Change of Scene , The Surprise -- Jeffreys and Old Death , The Visit -- Habeas Corpus , Three Months After Marriage , Tim the Snammer , Tim the Snammer and Josh Pedler out on Business