The Mysteries of London is a Victorian serial novel by George W. M. Reynolds, mixing crime, melodrama and social exposé. It follows a large cast through London's worlds of wealth and poverty, prisons, courts and hidden pasts. It is worth listening to as a lively example of popular Victorian serial fiction and its panoramic city portrait.
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THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON.
THE
MYSTERIES OF LONDON.
BY
GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS,
AUTHOR OF “FAUST,” “PICKWICK
ABROAD,” AND “ROBERT MACAIRE.”
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOL. IV.
VOL. II. SECOND SERIES.
LONDON:
G. VICKERS, 334, STRAND.
MDCCCXLVIII. LONDON WALTER SULLY, BONNER HOUSE PRINTING OFFICE, SEACOAL LANE. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. PAGE CƒĵǙǵŧǡ CX. —Continuation of the Black’s Visits to his Prisoners 1 CXI.—A Conversation 5 CXII.—The Conversation concluded 10 CXIII.—Esther de Medina and Old Death 12 CXIV.—Old Death in the Dungeon 18 CXV.—Thomas Rainford 20 CXVI.-Old Death 22 CXVII.—An Explanatory Conversation 26 CXVIII.—The Insolvent Debtors’ Court 28 CXIX.—The Examination of Mr. Frank Curtis 32 CXX.—The Lapse of Nineteen Years 36 CXXI.—Mr. Hatfield 41
CXXII.—Two of the Reader’s Old Friends 44 CXXIII.—A Man of Business 46 CXXIV.—Charles Hatfield 48 CXXV.—The Projected Railway Company 53 CXXVI.—Elucidations 58 CXXVII.—The Wanderers 63 CXXVIII.—The Journey continued and concluded 67 CXXIX.—The Advertising Agent 73 CXXX.—Perdita 75 CXXXI.—The Syren’s Arts and Charms 80 CXXXII.—The Dangerous Sophistry of a Lovely Woman 86 CXXXIII.—A Throne Surrounded by Republican Institutions 88 CXXXIV.—A Painful Scene 94 CXXXV.—Charles Hatfield and Mrs. Fitzhardinge 99 CXXXVI.—Infatuation 101 CXXXVII.—Two more Old Acquaintances 107 CXXXVIII.—The Money-lender 109 CXXXIX.—The Miser alone in his Dwelling 112 CXL.—Fresh Scenes and More Troubles at Home 116 CXLI.—The Flight 120 CXLII.—The Dress-maker: a Love Story 123
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