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

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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 edition of “The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.” by Thomas Peckett Prest & James Malcolm Rymer is a faithful digital reproduction of the public-domain text originally distributed by Project Gutenberg (ebook #59828).

Themes: Bakers: Fiction, Barbers: Fiction, Cannibalism: Fiction, Fleet Street (London, England): Fiction, Historical fiction, Horror tales.