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Rookwood

by William Harrison Ainsworth

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  1. Memoir

    11:15

  2. To My Mother & Preface

    17:12

  3. Bk. 1, Chapter 01 - The Vault

    28:49

  4. Bk. 1, Chapter 02 - The Skeleton Hand

    18:52

  5. Bk. 1, Chapter 03 - The Park

    27:51

  6. Bk. 1, Chapter 04 - The Hall

    12:47

  7. Bk. 1, Chapter 05 - Sir Reginald Rookwood

    17:57

  8. Bk. 1, Chapter 06 - Sir Piers Rookwood

    7:43

  9. Bk. 1, Chapter 07 - The Return

    5:30

  10. Bk. 1, Chapter 08 - An Irish Adventurer

    27:32

  11. Bk. 1, Chapter 09 - An English Adventurer

    42:54

  12. Bk. 1, Chapter 10 - Ranulph Rookwood

    27:42

  13. Bk. 1, Chapter 11 - Lady Rookwood

    18:56

  14. Bk. 1, Chapter 12 - The Chamber of Death

    5:40

  15. Bk. 1, Chapter 13 - The Brothers

    21:16

  16. Bk. 2, Chapter 01 - The Storm

    18:30

  17. Bk. 2, Chapter 02 - The Funeral Oration

    21:11

  18. Bk. 2, Chapter 03 - The Churchyard

    19:58

  19. Bk. 2, Chapter 04 - The Funeral

    14:03

  20. Bk. 2, Chapter 05 - The Captive

    15:03

  21. Bk. 2, Chapter 06 - The Apparition

    27:40

  22. Bk. 3, Chapter 01 - A Morning Ride

    18:44

  23. Bk. 3, Chapter 02 - A Gipsy Encampment

    36:57

  24. Bk. 3, Chapter 03 - Sybil

    23:28

  25. Bk. 3, Chapter 04 - Barbara Lovel

    21:00

  26. Bk. 3, Chapter 05 - The Inauguration

    68:20

  27. Bk. 3, Chapter 06 - Eleanor Mowbray

    24:56

  28. Bk. 3, Chapter 07 - Mrs. Mowbray

    12:51

  29. Bk. 3, Chapter 08 - The Parting

    9:59

  30. Bk. 3, Chapter 09 - The Philter

    11:07

  31. Bk. 3, Chapter 10 - Saint Cyprian's Cell

    13:36

  32. Bk. 3, Chapter 11 - The Bridal

    27:35

  33. Bk. 3, Chapter 12 - Alan Rookwood

    22:47

  34. Bk. 3, Chapter 12 - Mr Coates

    10:07

  35. Bk. 3, Chapter 13 - Dick Turpin

    28:54

  36. Bk. 4, Chapter 01 - The Rendezvous at Kilburn

    29:50

  37. Bk. 4, Chapter 02 - Tom King

    21:06

  38. Bk. 4, Chapter 03 - A Surprise

    8:42

  39. Bk. 4, Chapter 04 - The Hue and Cry

    9:14

  40. Bk. 4, Chapter 05 - The Short Pipe

    10:36

  41. Bk. 4, Chapter 06 - Black Bess

    16:59

  42. Bk. 4, Chapter 07 - The York Stage

    6:29

  43. Bk. 4, Chapter 08 - Roadside Inn

    10:43

  44. Bk. 4, Chapter 09 - Excitement

    4:19

  45. Bk. 4, Chapter 10 - The Gibbet

    8:13

  46. Bk. 4, Chapter 11 - The Phantom Steed

    16:50

  47. Bk. 4, Chapter 12 - Cawood Ferry

    14:15

  48. Bk. 5, Chapter 01 - The Hut on Thorne Waste

    15:51

  49. Bk. 5, Chapter 02 - Major Mowbray

    23:38

  50. Bk. 5, Chapter 03 - Handassah

    25:00

  51. Bk. 5, Chapter 04 - The Dower of Sybil

    27:21

  52. Bk. 5, Chapter 05 - The Sarcophagus

    24:18

  53. L'envoy

    5:12

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Dick Turpin draws applause by playing to the crowd in William Harrison Ainsworth's 1834 historical novel. A smile, a wink and a flourish of his legs keep attention fixed on his appearance. Spectators praise his clothes and red whiskers, then debate the effect of his thinning hair. Their competing remarks, rendered in slang and dialect, make the scene as much about the audience's tastes as the highwayman's confidence.

The contents of Rookwood point to a story that ranges from a family hall and burial vault to a churchyard, an encampment and the road to York. Chapters bearing the names of Ranulph Rookwood, Sybil and Eleanor Mowbray suggest the breadth of its cast. For readers interested in nineteenth-century historical fiction, the excerpt offers a clear example of Ainsworth's taste for theatrical gestures, elaborate descriptions of appearance and sharply differentiated voices.

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