Jack Sheppard (1839 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth)

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"Jack Sheppard" is an 1839 historical crime novel by William Harrison Ainsworth that sensationalizes the life and exploits of the real 18th-century English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard.

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instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs melodrama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author William Harrison Ainsworth ⓘ
basedOn Jack Sheppard (thief) ⓘ
linked to: Jack Sheppard
contemporaryReception commercial success ⓘ
moral controversy ⓘ
contributedTo popularity of Newgate novels ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedBy William Makepeace Thackeray ⓘ
depicts London slums ⓘ
Newgate Prison ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Bentley’s Miscellany ⓘ
follows rise and fall of Jack Sheppard ⓘ
genre Newgate novel ⓘ
crime fiction ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Blueskin ⓘ
Edgeworth Bess ⓘ
Jonathan Wild ⓘ
hasTheme fate and free will ⓘ
sensationalism of crime ⓘ
social conditions in 18th-century London ⓘ
illustrator George Cruikshank ⓘ
influenced Victorian crime fiction ⓘ
inspiredBy life of Jack Sheppard ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
literarySubject London underworld ⓘ
crime ⓘ
prison escape ⓘ
mainCharacter Jack Sheppard ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm third-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor role in debates over the morality of Newgate fiction ⓘ
sensational depiction of a real criminal ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
period early Victorian era ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
protagonistBasedOn historical criminal ⓘ
protagonistOccupation thief ⓘ
publicationYear 1839 ⓘ
publisher Richard Bentley ⓘ
serialization serialized in Bentley’s Miscellany ⓘ
settingPeriod 18th century ⓘ
timeOfAction circa 1700s ⓘ

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