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About this audiobook
First published in 1834, “Rookwood” is a historical and gothic romance by William Harrison Ainsworth.
“Rookwood” is a rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family, it describes a dispute over the legitimate claim for the inheritance of Rookwood Place and the Rookwood family name.
The novel 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.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, General Fiction, Romance
Length17 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 19, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Memoir
26I. A Morning Ride
2To My Mother
27II. A Gipsy Encampment
3Preface
28III. Sybil
4BOOK I. THE WEDDING RING
29IV. Barbara Lovel
5I. The Vault
30V. The Inauguration
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6II. The Skeleton Hand
31VI. Eleanor Mowbray
7III. The Park
32VII. Mrs. Mowbray
8IV. The Hall
33VIII. The Parting
9V. Sir Reginald Rookwood
34IX. The Philter
10VI. Sir Piers Rookwood
35X. Saint Cyprian's Cell
11VII. The Return
36XI. The Bridal
12VIII. An Irish Adventurer
37XII. Alan Rookwood
13IX. An English Adventurer
38XIII. Mr. Coates
14X. Ranulph Rookwood
39XIV. Dick Turpin
15XI. Lady Rookwood
40BOOK IV. THE RIDE TO YORK
16XII. The Chamber Of Death
41I. The Rendezvous At Kilburn
17XIII. The Brothers
42II. Tom King
18BOOK II. THE SEXTON
43III. A Surprise
19I. The Storm
44IV. The Hue And Cry
20II. The Funeral Oration
45V. The Short Pipe
21III. The Churchyard
46VI. Black Bess
22IV. The Funeral
47VII. The York Stage
23V. The Captive
48VIII. Roadside Inn
24VI. The Apparition
49IX. Excitement
25BOOK III. THE GIPSY
50X. The Gibbet
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