Eighteen Months' Imprisonment
Donald Shaw
Read by Lee Smalley
This is an absorbing memoir of an inmate's experiences and impressions while in a London prison. He describes himself as "a man of education and worldly experience" and weighing "19 stone 13 lbs" (279 lbs), a stone being 14 lbs, at the beginning of his imprisonment but not upon his release. The author writes with a reporter's keen perception and a talented novelist's ability to engage and at times amuse the reader. - Summary by Lee Smalley (7 hr 15 min)
Chapters
My Arrest | 13:13 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The House of Detention | 9:51 | Read by Lee Smalley |
“Settling Down” | 11:49 | Read by Lee Smalley |
“Prison Fare” | 13:18 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Georgina | 8:14 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Bow Street | 7:06 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Newgate | 15:42 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Scaffold | 9:55 | Read by Lee Smalley |
A Private Execution | 15:57 | Read by Lee Smalley |
“Newgate Etiquette” | 12:09 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Titled Convict | 18:21 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Central Criminal Court | 10:49 | Read by Lee Smalley |
“Corpulency” | 20:01 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Coldbath Fields | 25:59 | Read by Lee Smalley |
“Oakum” Let Us Sing | 39:27 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Visiting Justices | 14:33 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Prison Trades | 17:52 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Outer World | 11:40 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Convalescent Ward | 24:10 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Criminal Lunatics | 9:49 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Prison Celebrities | 16:47 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Tread-Wheel | 13:41 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Gardening | 12:09 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Church Militant in Prison | 19:44 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Hospital Dead-House | 29:01 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Burglars “I Have Met” | 18:57 | Read by Lee Smalley |
“Justice Tempered With Mercy” | 12:12 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Retrospect | 3:09 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Reviews
Roughout
Very well read. Very well written. Worthwhile story.
light listening
A LibriVox Listener
easy to listen and great narrative