"The Mysteries of London, v. 3/4" by George W. M. Reynolds is a penny blood novel that began publication in 1844. This sprawling city mysteries tale exposes the stark contrasts of Victorian London, from criminal underworlds to corrupt aristocracy. Following characters like Richard Markham and the villainous Resurrection Man, Reynolds weaves multiple plots to reveal the vice, depravity, and social inequities plaguing both the working poor and the hedonistic upper classes. Written by a Chartist sympathizer with genuine social conscience, the work became the most widely read fiction of mid-nineteenth century Britain. (This is an automatically generated summary.)