The Mysteries of London Vol. III

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

The King's Bench Prison

The Mysteries of London Vol. III

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 Tale of Sorrow Part 1 , A Tale of Sorrow Part 2 , Conclusion of the Tale of Sorrow , The Prisoners