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| 100 | 1 | _aPelham, Camden | |
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_aThe Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 : _bbeing a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841. |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2014 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2014-08-14 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) | ||
| 520 | _a"The Chronicles of Crime; or, The New Newgate Calendar" by Camden Pelham is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The work aggregates detailed memoirs and anecdotes of notorious criminals who have violated the laws of Great Britain, covering a wide range of offenses from murder to piracy. This collection serves both as a grim reflection on the consequences of crime and a commentary on social morality. At the start of the text, the author introduces the overarching theme of crime and punishment through a series of narratives focused on infamous characters from British history. The opening portion presents the case of Thomas Hunter, a clergyman executed for the gruesome murder of his two pupils, which sets a dramatic tone for the accounts to follow. It outlines Hunter's descent from a respected teacher to a figure of infamy motivated by revenge against the children who discovered his illicit affair. The narrative warns of the dangers of temptation and the inevitable repercussions of guilt, establishing a moral framework that is to be explored throughout the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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| 653 | _aCrime -- Great Britain | ||
| 653 | _aCriminals -- Great Britain | ||
| 653 | _aNewgate (Prison : London, England) | ||
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_aBrowne, Hablot Knight, _d1815-1882 |
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