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The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.

by James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest

  • First published: Date unknown
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

"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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