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

by James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest

Credits: James Malcolm Rymer (author), Thomas Peckett Prest (author)

Summary

The Victorian penny dreadful that gave the world Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street, first serialised in 1846-47. A reader finds missing customers, a pie shop nearby and breathless, lurid melodrama. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

Chapters (177)

  1. 1. The Strange Customer at Sweeney Todd's
  2. 2. The Spectacle-Maker's Daughter
  3. 3. A Man Is Lost
  4. 4. The Pie-Shop, Bell-Yard
  5. 5. The Meeting in the Temple
  6. 6. The Conference, and the Fearful Narration in the Garden
  7. 7. The Barber and the Lapidary
  8. 8. The Thieves' Home
  9. 9. Johanna at Home, and the Resolution
  10. 10. The Colonel and His Friend
  11. 11. The Stranger at Lovett's
  12. 12. The Resolution Come to by Johanna Oakley
  13. 13. Johanna's Interview with Arabella Wilmot, and the Advice
  14. 14. Tobias's Threat, and Its Consequences
  15. 15. The Second Interview Between Johanna and the Colonel in the Temple Gardens
  16. 16. The Barber Makes Another Attempt to Sell the String of Pearls
  17. 17. The Great Change in the Prospects of Sweeney Todd
  18. 18. Tobias's Adventures During the Absence of Sweeney Todd
  19. 19. The Strange Odour in Old St. Dunstan's Church
  20. 20. Sweeney Todd's Proceedings Consequent upon the Departure of Tobias
  21. 21. The Misadventure of Tobias.--the Mad-House on Peckham-Rye
  22. 22. The Madhouse Cell
  23. 23. The New Cook to Mrs. Lovett Gets Tired of His Situation
  24. 24. The Night at the Madhouse
  25. 25. Mr. Fogg's Story at the Madhouse to Sweeney Todd
  26. 26. Colonel Jeffery Makes Another Effort to Come at Sweeney Todd's Secret
  27. 27. Tobias Makes an Attempt to Escape from the Madhouse
  28. 28. The Madhouse Yard, and Tobias's New Friend
  29. 29. The Consultation of Colonel Jeffery with the Magistrate
  30. 30. Tobias's Escape from Mr. Fogg's Establishment
  31. 31. Tobias's Rapid Journey to London
  32. 32. Mrs. Lovett's Cook Makes a Desperate Attempt
  33. 33. Shows How Tobias Got to London
  34. 34. Tobias Has a Mind Diseased
  35. 35. Johanna Walks Abroad in Disguise
  36. 36. Mr. Fogg Finds That All Is Not Gold That Glitters
  37. 37. Mrs. Lovett's New Lover
  38. 38. Tobias's Mother Awakens Old Recollections
  39. 39. The Search at Todd's
  40. 40. Sir Richard Pries into Todd's Secrets
  41. 41. The Mysterious Cupboard
  42. 42. Crotchet Astonishes Mr. Todd
  43. 43. Todd's Vision
  44. 44. The Great Sacrifice
  45. 45. An Old Acquaintance
  46. 46. Todd and the Silversmith
  47. 47. Johanna's New Situation
  48. 48. Tobias's Heart Is Touched
  49. 49. Tobias Recovers His Intellect
  50. 50. Johanna Makes a New Confidant

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