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Rookwood

Rookwood

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Number of Chapters: 53

Length: 16 hours and 57 minutes

Language: English

A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narrative, poetry, song, and descriptive writing to great effect. The character of Dick Turpin that we know today - the dashing highwaymen and unmatched horseman - can be said to stem directly from this novel, as the most famous part of the book (often published on its own in the past), Turpin's Ride To York, is devoted to him. Although seemingly little known to a modern audience, Ainsworth's 'Rookwood' gave the world the image of the highwayman with which we are all so familiar. (Summary by paulc)

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Memoir (Paul Curran)
To My Mother & Preface (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 01 - The Vault (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 02 - The Skeleton Hand (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 03 - The Park (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 04 - The Hall (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 05 - Sir Reginald Rookwood (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 06 - Sir Piers Rookwood (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 07 - The Return (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 08 - An Irish Adventurer (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 09 - An English Adventurer (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 10 - Ranulph Rookwood (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 11 - Lady Rookwood (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 12 - The Chamber of Death (Paul Curran)
Bk. 1, Chapter 13 - The Brothers (Paul Curran)
Bk. 2, Chapter 01 - The Storm (Paul Curran)
Bk. 2, Chapter 02 - The Funeral Oration (Paul Curran)
Bk. 2, Chapter 03 - The Churchyard (Paul Curran)
Bk. 2, Chapter 04 - The Funeral (Paul Curran)
Bk. 2, Chapter 05 - The Captive (Paul Curran)
Bk. 2, Chapter 06 - The Apparition (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 01 - A Morning Ride (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 02 - A Gipsy Encampment (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 03 - Sybil (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 04 - Barbara Lovel (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 05 - The Inauguration (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 06 - Eleanor Mowbray (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 07 - Mrs. Mowbray (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 08 - The Parting (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 09 - The Philter (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 10 - Saint Cyprian's Cell (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 11 - The Bridal (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 12 - Alan Rookwood (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 12 - Mr Coates (Paul Curran)
Bk. 3, Chapter 13 - Dick Turpin (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 01 - The Rendezvous at Kilburn (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 02 - Tom King (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 03 - A Surprise (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 04 - The Hue and Cry (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 05 - The Short Pipe (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 06 - Black Bess (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 07 - The York Stage (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 08 - Roadside Inn (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 09 - Excitement (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 10 - The Gibbet (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 11 - The Phantom Steed (Paul Curran)
Bk. 4, Chapter 12 - Cawood Ferry (Paul Curran)
Bk. 5, Chapter 01 - The Hut on Thorne Waste (Paul Curran)
Bk. 5, Chapter 02 - Major Mowbray (Paul Curran)
Bk. 5, Chapter 03 - Handassah (Paul Curran)
Bk. 5, Chapter 04 - The Dower of Sybil (Paul Curran)
Bk. 5, Chapter 05 - The Sarcophagus (Paul Curran)
L'envoy (Paul Curran)
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