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Title: Rookwood

Author: William Harrison Ainsworth

Release Date: November 20, 2007 [EBook #23564]

Language: English

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"The immortal Ainsworth." _Thackeray._

NOVELS

BY

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH

_ROOKWOOD_

"Gives a vivid picture of the times
and places with which he dealt."
_The New York Herald._

THE RITTENHOUSE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA

[Illustration: DICK TURPIN CLEARS HORNSEY TOLL-GATE]

PRINTED IN U.S.A. BY ARRANGEMENT WITH
GEORGE BARRIE'S SONS

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic
and dialect spellings have been retained. Greek text has been
transliterated and is shown between {braces}. The oe ligature has
been transcribed as [oe].

A table of contents, though not present in the original publication,
has been provided below:

MEMOIR

TO MY MOTHER

PREFACE

BOOK I. THE WEDDING RING
I. The Vault
II. The Skeleton Hand
III. The Park
IV. The Hall
V. Sir Reginald Rookwood
VI. Sir Piers Rookwood
VII. The Return
VIII. An Irish Adventurer
IX. An English Adventurer
X. Ranulph Rookwood
XI. Lady Rookwood
XII. The Chamber of Death
XIII. The Brothers

BOOK II. THE SEXTON
I. The Storm
II. The Funeral Oration
III. The Churchyard
IV. The Funeral
V. The Captive
VI. The Apparition

BOOK III. THE GIPSY
I. A Morning Ride
II. A Gipsy Encampment
III. Sybil
IV. Barbara Lovel
V. The Inauguration
VI. Eleanor Mowbray
VII. Mrs. Mowbray
VIII. The Parting