Curiosities of Street Literature


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This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The collection contains sensationalist and sometimes comical stories about criminal conduct, love, the Royal Family, politics, as well as gallows' literature. Gallow's literature (confessions, verses etc. relating to individuals condemned to public execution) were often sold at the execution. As a collection these broadsides are a reminder of how important the printer was at this time -- it is surely no coincidence that the printers are printed at the end of every broadside, while the authors remain anonymous. - Summary by kathrinee (21 hr 22 min)

Chapitres

Introduction 19:53 Lu par Ed Humpal
1.1 Introductory remarks about cocks, catchpennies, street drolleries etc. 13:06 Lu par Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
1.2 Two Murders 6:26 Lu par Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
1.3 Trial, Rape, and Murder 11:18 Lu par Scott Bennett
1.4 A Murder, a Murder of his Wife 11:27 Lu par Scott Bennett
1.5 Punishment for Murder and a Man, Hanged, Now Alive 8:56 Lu par Greg Giordano
1.6 Liverpool Tragedy, Massacre 8:45 Lu par GregShinn
1.7 London Fire, Fatal Thunderstorm 12:27 Lu par Greg Giordano
1.8 Scarborough Tragedy, a Wager 19:45 Lu par Michael
1.9 Gossip, Secrets: Loveletters and The Unfaithful Husband Found Out, and a Ho… 11:58 Lu par Lynne T
1.10 The Story of the Yorkshire Knight in Three Parts 15:32 Lu par Lynne T
1.11 Faithful lovers, a Quarrel, and an Apparition 11:37 Lu par Toeknee
1.12 A Catastrophe, and the Secrets of A Lord and Lady 10:52 Lu par Greg Giordano
1.13 Two Elopements and a Funny Love Affair 13:15 Lu par Ed Humpal
1.14 The Blasphemer, Warning to a Publican 14:08 Lu par Scott Bennett
1.15 An Apparition and Particulars of Fortune Telling 12:44 Lu par Michael
1.16 A Four-Day Trance and a Sleep-Walker 14:10 Lu par Greg Giordano
1.17 Dialogue between Death and a Sinner, Railroad to Heaven and to Hell 15:45 Lu par Michael
1.18 A Loveletter to a Sailor, A Maid and the Amorous Squire, The "Taking Off" … 15:06 Lu par Greg Giordano
1.19 Battle of Pea Soup, and the Great Old Goat 10:06 Lu par Greg Giordano
1.20 Adventures Looking for Mother Clifton, Selling a Wife 8:18 Lu par GregShinn
1.21 The Perpetual Almanack, a Tounge-Twister Tale 10:38 Lu par Ed Humpal
1.22 Female Teasing, Trademan's Hymn, The Register 11:00 Lu par Greg Giordano
1.23 Rent Day, Cooking a Wife, and Various Other Things at an Auction 12:08 Lu par Michael
1.24 The Last of the "Cocks," Suicide of an Artist and Letters Found on his Body 17:13 Lu par Michael
2.1 Introduction to Political and Royal Broadsides, the King 11:22 Lu par Greg Giordano
2.2 Three Accounts of Queen Victoria 12:07 Lu par Toeknee
2.3 Queen Victoria's Marriage and An Assassination Attempt! 11:15 Lu par Greg Giordano
2.4 Royal Childbirth and a Celebration of the Queen 8:13 Lu par Kathleen Moore
2.5 An Intruder Breaks into Queen Victoria's Bedroom and A Song about the Queen 11:52 Lu par Ryan Cowell
2.6 Three Accounts of the Birth of the Prince of Wales. 13:46 Lu par Roohi
2.7 A Visit to the Queen, a Royal Exchange, a Royal Marriage 11:04 Lu par Roohi
2.8 A Scene in the Election (farce), Speling Book for the Unions 17:59 Lu par Ed Humpal
2.9 The Times and John Bull v. the Pope's Bull 9:25 Lu par Jeff Moon
2.10 A Political Catechism and Famine Fast Day 10:17 Lu par Roohi
2.11 Three Political Texts 18:26 Lu par ashleighjane
2.12 Three Accounts of Political Affiliations, Reform, and Elections 17:09 Lu par Ulrike Denis
2.13 Political Thanksgiving and the Rights of Women 12:04 Lu par Greg Giordano
2.14 A Reform Alphabet and Two Irish Questions 14:26 Lu par Jeff Moon
2.15 A New Bill and a New Act of Parliament 16:41 Lu par Melvin Lee
2.16 Street Laws, the Poor Law, Death of a Pauper 13:18 Lu par Toeknee
2.17 Two Catechisms: the Soldier's and the Drunkard's, and Two Poems About the … 13:34 Lu par Toeknee
2.18 Beer House Act and Two Poems: Brave Nelson and Battle of Waterloo 9:40 Lu par Martin Campbell
2.19 Four Songs about the Price of Food, Politics, and Laws 10:14 Lu par Martin Campbell
2.20 Five Songs about the Irish Liberator, Poverty, and the Elction 10:15 Lu par Roohi
2.21 Four Songs about England, the Election, and the Death of Wellington 10:54 Lu par Roohi
2.22 Six Songs about Battles, Florence NIghtingale, and International Affairs 14:15 Lu par Roohi
2.23 Fours Songs about Cobden, Naval Battle, Lament, and Reform 9:23 Lu par Roohi
2.24 Three Songs about Reform 10:01 Lu par Greg Giordano
2.25 Three More Songs about Reform 9:07 Lu par Roohi
2.26 Two Songs about Fenians and Explosion 13:58 Lu par Roohi
2.27 Trading Bill and Election 7:23 Lu par Joseph Tabler
3.1 Introduction to Division 3 and The Female Husband 16:50 Lu par Oxenhandler
3.2 Shakespeare's House, a Costume, Manchester and Preston Guild 14:11 Lu par Roohi
3.3 A Prophesy, Grace Darling, a Championship, and an Accident on the Ice 14:58 Lu par Greg Giordano
3.4 Foreigners in England and Financial Hardships 13:52 Lu par Greg Giordano
3.5 And Agricultural Show, a Lunacy Case, and an Old Marquis and his Wife 11:51 Lu par Greg Giordano
3.6 Two Marriages and One Affair 8:05 Lu par Kalynda
3.7 Strike of Tailors, The Parson, Night in a Workhouse 12:41 Lu par Greg Giordano
3.8 The Ghost, The Wiched Woman, The Artful Girl 9:47 Lu par Michael
3.9 The She-He Barman, Beauty and Match-Making, the Convent 11:45 Lu par Michael
3.10 The Flitch of Bacon, Lord Mayor's Show, and a Boat Race 9:22 Lu par Roohi
3.11 Three discussions of Fashion: Petticoats, Crinolines and Chignons. 9:55 Lu par Diana Schmidt
3.12 The Velocipede, The Lord Mayor's Show, The Queen Opens a Viaduct 8:03 Lu par Vera Sticker
3.13 Cabman Flags, a Divorce Case, and Volunteer Review 9:19 Lu par Toeknee
3.14 A Parson Outwitted and the He-She Ladies 7:38 Lu par Ulrike Denis
4.1 Introdction to part 4 and The Life and Execution of Sir John Oldcastle 22:58 Lu par Melvin Lee
4.2 The Dying Speeches and Execution of Seven Conspirators 18:39 Lu par Melvin Lee
4.3 The Execution of Luke Hutton 8:21 Lu par TriciaG
4.4 The Exectution of Conspirators and of Sir Walter Raleigh 13:34 Lu par Melvin Lee
4.5 The Executions of Thomas Armstrong and William Nevison 8:28 Lu par TriciaG
4.6 Trial and Executions of James Lowry, John Swan, and Elizabeth Jeffryes 10:42 Lu par Melvin Lee
4.7 Execution of Six Unfortunate Malefactors and John Austin 14:43 Lu par Melvin Lee
4.8 Trials and Executions of April 11, John Hogan, and Joseph Richards 11:20 Lu par TriciaG
4.9 Old Bailey Intelligence and Execution of Eight Convicts 10:15 Lu par TriciaG
4.10 Executions of Unforunate Sailors and Richard Parker 14:52 Lu par TriciaG
4.11 The Executions of Mary Nott and James Nesbett 15:09 Lu par TriciaG
4.12 Sentences of Prisoners of September 11, 1822 and the Death of Ann Williams 10:26 Lu par TriciaG
4.13 The Confessions and Executions of John Thurtell, C.T. White, and Amelia Ro… 16:13 Lu par Melvin Lee
4.14 The Confession and Execution of William Corder, Bishop and Williams 17:14 Lu par Melvin Lee
4.15 The Confession and Execution of James Greenacre and F.B. Courvoisier 15:09 Lu par Melvin Lee
4.16 The Executions of Robert Blakesley and Verses on Daniel Good 8:02 Lu par TriciaG
4.17 The Executions of James Bloomfield Rush and John Gleeson Wilson 11:03 Lu par TriciaG
4.18 An Execution and a Tragedy: Six Children Murdered by their Mother 10:17 Lu par Oxenhandler
4.19 Execution of William Cogan and George Gardner 10:58 Lu par Jason in Panama
4.20 Execution of William G. Youngman and the Wigan Murder 10:52 Lu par Jason in Panama
4.21 The Execution of Priscilla Biggadike and Frederick Baker 11:42 Lu par mariemdover
4.22 Executions at Durham, Confessions and Executions of Samuel Wright and Jame… 17:52 Lu par TriciaG
4.23 Two Murders on the Railway 8:51 Lu par Guest
4.24 The Chase, Capture and Execution of Franz Muller 14:28 Lu par Roohi
4.25 Lamentation and Execution of James Longhurst and Miles Weatherhill 8:16 Lu par Roohi
4.26 Sentence of Constance Kent and Confession and Executions of Stephen Forward 10:44 Lu par Roohi
4.27 Execution of Pirates, Leigh and the Murder of a Child by a Schoolmistress 12:58 Lu par Roohi
4.28 Farewell to the World of Richard Bishop and Lamentations of J. Mapp and H.… 10:03 Lu par Roohi
4.29 Executions of Alice Holt and the Murder of a Boy by his own Father 11:25 Lu par msloganjr
4.30 Lamentations of J. R. Jeffery, John Fletcher, Ann Lawrence 10:09 Lu par TriciaG
4.31 Executions of Michael Barrett, Allen, Gould, Larkin, and William Sheward 12:55 Lu par TriciaG
4.32 Executions of John Devine, Martin Brown, and Alexander Mackay 16:04 Lu par TriciaG
4.33 Murder of a Wife and Six Children and Executions of F. Hinson and J. Rutte… 13:55 Lu par OCTL7
4.34 The Heroes of the Guillotine and Gallows 1:00:49 Lu par Sandra Knight

Critiques

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I found these very interesting. some readers got a bit too dramatic, but the short tales were funny, gory and surprising for the time period they're from.