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

James Malcolm Rymer

A Domestic Romance." by Rymer et al. is a penny dreadful serial published from 1846 to 1847.

"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.

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Before Fleet-street had reached its present importance, and when George the Third was young, and the two figures who used to strike the chimes at old St. Dunstan's church were in all their glory—being a great impediment to errand-boys on their progress, and a matter of gaping curiosity to country people—there stood close to the sacred edifice a small barber's shop, which was kept by a man of the name of Sweeney Todd.

How it was that he came by the name of Sweeney, as a Christian appellation, we are at a loss to conceive, but such was his name, as might be seen in extremely corpulent yellow letters over his shop window, by any who chose there to look for it.

Contents

  1. 01Preface.
  2. 02Chapter I. The Strange Customer at Sweeney Todd's.
  3. 03Chapter II the Spectacle-Maker's Daughter.
  4. 04Chapter III. A Man Is Lost.
  5. 05Chapter IV. The Pie-Shop, Bell-Yard.
  6. 06Chapter V the Meeting in the Temple.
  7. 07Chapter VI. The Conference, and the Fearful Narration in the Garden.
  8. 08Chapter VII. The Barber and the Lapidary.
  9. 09Chapter VIII. The Thieves' Home.
  10. 10Chapter IX. Johanna at Home, and the Resolution.
  11. 11Chapter X. The Colonel and His Friend.
  12. 12Chapter XI. The Stranger at Lovett's.
  13. 13Chapter XII. The Resolution Come to by Johanna Oakley.
  14. 14Chapter XIII. Johanna's Interview with Arabella Wilmot, and the Advice.
  15. 15Chapter XIV. Tobias's Threat, and Its Consequences.
  16. 16Chapter XV. The Second Interview Between Johanna and the Colonel in the Temple Gardens.
  17. 17Chapter XVI. The Barber Makes Another Attempt to Sell the String of Pearls.
  18. 18Chapter XIV. The Great Change in the Prospects of Sweeney Todd.
  19. 19Chapter XV. Tobias's Adventures During the Absence of Sweeney Todd.
  20. 20Chapter XVI. The Strange Odour in Old St. Dunstan's Church.
  21. 21Chapter XVII. Sweeney Todd's Proceedings Consequent Upon the Departure of Tobias.
  22. 22Chapter XVIII. The Misadventure of Tobias.—The Mad-House on Peckham-Rye.
  23. 23Chapter XIX. The Madhouse Cell.
  24. 24Chapter XX. The New Cook to Mrs. Lovett Gets Tired of His Situation.
  25. 25Chapter XXI. The Night at the Madhouse.
  26. 26Chapter XXII. Mr. Fogg's Story at the Madhouse to Sweeney Todd.
  27. 27Chapter XXIV. Colonel Jeffery Makes Another Effort to Come at Sweeney Todd's Secret.
  28. 28Chapter XXV. Tobias Makes an Attempt to Escape from the Madhouse.
  29. 29Chapter XXVI. The Madhouse Yard, and Tobias's New Friend.
  30. 30Chapter XXVII. The Consultation of Colonel Jeffery with the Magistrate.
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII. Tobias's Escape from Mr. Fogg's Establishment.
  32. 32Chapter XXIX. Tobias's Rapid Journey to London.
  33. 33Chapter XXX. Mrs. Lovett's Cook Makes a Desperate Attempt.
  34. 34Chapter XXXI. Shows How Tobias Got to London.
  35. 35Chapter XXII. Tobias Has a Mind Diseased.
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII. Johanna Walks Abroad in Disguise.
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV. Mr. Fogg Finds That All Is Not Gold That Glitters.
  38. 38Chapter XXXV. Mrs. Lovett's New Lover.
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI. Tobias's Mother Awakens Old Recollections.
  40. 40Chapter XXXVII. The Search at Todd's.
  41. 41Chapter XXXVIII. Sir Richard Pries Into Todd's Secrets.
  42. 42Chapter XXXIX. The Mysterious Cupboard.
  43. 43Chapter XL. Crotchet Astonishes Mr. Todd.
  44. 44Chapter XLI. Todd's Vision.
  45. 45Chapter XLII. The Great Sacrifice.
  46. 46Chapter XLIII. An Old Acquaintance.
  47. 47Chapter XLIV. Todd and the Silversmith.
  48. 48Chapter XLV. Johanna's New Situation.
  49. 49Chapter XLVI. Tobias's Heart Is Touched.
  50. 50Chapter XLVII. Tobias Recovers His Intellect.
  51. 51Chapter XLVIII. Johanna Makes a New Confidant.
  52. 52Chapter XLIX. The Vaults of St. Dunstan's.
  53. 53Chapter L. The Descent to the Vaults.
  54. 54Chapter LI. Johanna Rushes to Her Destiny.
  55. 55Chapter LII. Todd's Announcement.
  56. 56Chapter LIII. The Murder of the Usurer.
  57. 57Chapter LIV. Sir Richard Blunt's Progress.
  58. 58Chapter LV. Mrs. Lovett's Walk.
  59. 59Chapter LVI. Tobias Unbosoms Himself.
  60. 60Chapter LVII. Sir Richard Blunt's Adventures Continued.

About this edition

Author
James Malcolm Rymer
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
1469 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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