The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict.: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict., credited to Thomas Archer, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict. by Thomas Archer. Read in English by Peter Yearsley. "Bare, unpicturesque, and sordid as are the conditions of poverty, there are sights in London which everybody may and should see - sights which are sometimes touched upon in newspaper articles, or in the chapters of sensational stories, but whose dread meaning and fullest horror lie in that very blank routine of misery which most lacks interest." (from the introduction.) The author exposes the underside of poverty and crime, and expresses strong opinions about its causes and possible remedies: "The repressor of the unwilling pauper is often the owner of those foul tenements which disgrace the parish ...." - Summary by (from the introduction) and Peter Yearsley

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict.
• Author credits: Thomas Archer
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 8:11:53

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 - Introductory — 17:39
2. 02 - Chapter 2 - Amongst the poor — 47:30
3. 03 - Chapter 3, part 1 - Parochial relief — 33:09
4. 04 - Chapter 3, part 2 - Parochial relief — 31:15
5. 05 - Chapter 4 - A London workhouse — 41:26
6. 06 - Chapter 5 - Land rats and water rats — 34:40
7. 07 - Chapter 6, part 1 - The never silent highway — 29:59
8. 08 - Chapter 6, part 2 - The never silent highway — 28:30
9. 09 - Chapter 7 - Tiger Bay — 14:23
10. 10 - Chapter 8 - Weasels asleep — 29:21
11. 11 - Chapter 9 - The house of correction — 47:16
12. 12 - Chapter 10 - The gaol of Newgate — 35:31
13. 13 - Chapter 11 - The convict in penal servitude - Millbank — 36:40
14. 14 - Chapter 12 - Pentonville prison — 26:28
15. 15 - Chapter 13 - The convict establishment at Portland — 38:07

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