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The Mysteries of London Vol. III

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

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

Listen next episodes of The Mysteries of London Vol. III:
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 , Conclusion of the Tale of Sorrow , The Blackamoor's Strange Adventure , The Condition of the Working Classes , The Earl of Ellingham and Esther de Medina , The King's Bench Prison , The Prisoners , The Surprise -- A Change of Scene , The Visit -- Habeas Corpus