Defoe on Sheppard and Wild: The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild by Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe
Richard Holmes
Part of the outstanding biographical series – edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive.In this pioneering series, Richard Holmes, the world’s leading Romantic biographer, sets out to recover the great forgotten tradition of English biographical writing. ‘I have had no time for dusty tomes,’ writes Holmes, ‘I have looked for brevity, intelligence and style. Above all, I have sought out great biographical writers: biographers with passion, biographers who have found a way to the heart and soul of a memorable subject.’Jack Sheppard was an 18th-century Houdini – a handsome young escape artist who broke out of his cell on Newgate’s grim Death Row three times. Jonathan Wild was the infamous Thief-Taker General who helped to recapture him and many other criminals, only to be tried and executed himself for racketeering, among scenes of mayhem at Tyburn.Daniel Defoe, the master of adventure fiction, was fascinated by ‘True Confessions’ and the workings of the criminal personality (including its daring, its stoicism and its humour). He was the first to retell these stories, based on personal interviews in Newgate, which also include a thrilling (sometimes hour by hour) reconstruction of events.
DEFOE ON
SHEPPARD AND WILD
The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard
A Narrative of All the Robberies, Escapes &c of John Sheppard
The True And Genuine Account Of The Life And Actions Of The Late Jonathan Wild
Daniel Defoe
EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
RICHARD HOLMES
HARPER PERENNIAL
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION (#u22fb1c1b-c2de-5779-a034-80a1ddba94c8)
THE HISTORY OF THE REMARKABLE LIFE OFJOHN SHEPPARD (#u652ef2df-3ced-57c1-b177-c7e47e92d4d3)
TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER
THE LIFE OF JOHN SHEPPARD, &c.
A NARRATIVEOF ALL THEROBBERIES, ESCAPES, &c.OFJOHN SHEPPARD (#uf2330751-a4e1-5db3-84e7-e85d64d00762)
THE TRUE AND GENUINE ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND ACTIONS OF THE LATEJONATHAN WILD (#u9356c502-1f3c-59b2-bb8b-0e7708c3ab72)
THE PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
The LIFE AND ACTIONS OF JONATHAN WILD
NOTE ON DEFOE ATTRIBUTIONS (#ulink_0f23e001-7bfd-58f4-8858-51f6cf78d4de)
INDEX (#ulink_646426b5-2b09-5b9a-b991-1ca0b66e5a4d)
FURTHER READING (#ulink_69402184-c95d-510f-884f-f78147378f48)
SELECT CHRONOLOGY (#ulink_a178a69c-d99c-5d54-b56d-821cb433c1dd)
CLASSIC BIOGRAPHIES EDITED BY RICHARD HOLMES (#u4ec1b6b9-bf06-5380-a936-64cd9572be85)
Copyright (#u048c4bea-d670-58df-8ae0-4119b76b8735)
About the Publisher (#u4033f7ef-cdbd-5e3e-b2bf-2b65ef2509a4)
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Даниэль Дефо и Richard Holmes
Тип: электронная книга
Жанр: Критика
Язык: на английском языке
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата публикации: 16.04.2024
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О книге: Part of the outstanding biographical series – edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive.In this pioneering series, Richard Holmes, the world’s leading Romantic biographer, sets out to recover the great forgotten tradition of English biographical writing. ‘I have had no time for dusty tomes,’ writes Holmes, ‘I have looked for brevity, intelligence and style. Above all, I have sought out great biographical writers: biographers with passion, biographers who have found a way to the heart and soul of a memorable subject.’Jack Sheppard was an 18th-century Houdini – a handsome young escape artist who broke out of his cell on Newgate’s grim Death Row three times. Jonathan Wild was the infamous Thief-Taker General who helped to recapture him and many other criminals, only to be tried and executed himself for racketeering, among scenes of mayhem at Tyburn.Daniel Defoe, the master of adventure fiction, was fascinated by ‘True Confessions’ and the workings of the criminal personality (including its daring, its stoicism and its humour). He was the first to retell these stories, based on personal interviews in Newgate, which also include a thrilling (sometimes hour by hour) reconstruction of events.