The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance. by Rymer et al.
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"The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance." by Rymer et al. is a penny dreadful serial published from 1846 to 1847. This tale introduces Sweeney Todd, the murderous barber of Fleet Street who kills his customers and delivers their corpses to Mrs. Lovett, who bakes the flesh into meat pies. When a sailor mysteriously disappears after visiting Todd's shop, friends and loved ones investigate, uncovering a
horrifying secret beneath St. Dunstan's church that reveals the true scale of Todd's crimes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Rymer, James Malcolm, 1814?-1884 |
|---|---|
| Author | Prest, Thomas Peckett, 1810-1859 |
| Title | The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_String_of_Pearls |
| Credits |
deaurider, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | Revenge -- Fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Missing persons -- Fiction |
| Subject | Suspense fiction |
| Subject | Murder -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mystery fiction |
| Subject | Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Barbers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bakers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Cannibalism -- Fiction |
| Subject | Fleet Street (London, England) -- Fiction |
| Subject | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 59828 |
| Release Date | Jun 28, 2019 |
| Last Update | Jan 11, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 22969 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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