Project Gutenberg 2014-08-14 Public domain in the USA. 399 Pelham, Camden Browne, Hablot Knight 1815 1882 Phiz Browne, Hablot K. (Hablot Knight) Browne, H. K. (Hablot Knight) Brown, Hablot K. (Hablot Knight) "Phiz" The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841. Produced 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) "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.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46585/46585-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 58.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Crime -- Great Britain Criminals -- Great Britain Newgate (Prison : London, England) HV Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - British Browsing: Sociology Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: History - British 2240192 2025-06-18T18:29:55.471167 text/html 2226898 2024-10-24T09:57:31 text/html 9812236 2025-06-18T18:30:25.485022 application/epub+zip 9824820 2025-06-18T18:30:01.280214 application/epub+zip 936957 2025-06-18T18:29:58.209203 application/epub+zip 10465141 2025-06-18T18:30:44.372918 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10244147 2025-06-18T18:30:20.518054 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1379303 2022-09-21T07:41:02.005396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2103958 2025-06-18T18:29:52.347224 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 2103969 2024-11-28T10:48:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17659 2025-06-18T18:30:44.590907 application/rdf+xml 20372 2025-06-18T18:29:58.389163 image/jpeg 3486 2025-06-18T18:29:58.299166 image/jpeg 9727258 2025-06-18T18:29:55.834195 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia