Sweeney Todd, The Barber of Fleet-Street; Vol. I: Original title: The String of Pearls

Sweeney Todd, The Barber of Fleet-Street; Vol. I: Original title: The String of Pearls - Hardcover

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Sweeney Todd, The Barber of Fleet-Street; Vol. I: Original title: The String of Pearls

Sweeney Todd, The Barber of Fleet-Street; Vol. I: Original title: The String of Pearls - Hardcover

by James Malcolm Rymer , Thomas Preskett Prest
$53.98
Sale price  $53.98 Regular price 

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by James Malcolm Rymer (Author), Thomas Preskett Prest (Author), Finn J. D. John (Editor)

Freshly typeset in readable modern type with the original woodcut illustrations, this two-volume edition presents the full version of what's probably the most influential and notorious "Penny Dreadful" ever published: the one in which London was introduced to Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet-Street, and his pie-selling partner-in-crime, Mrs. Lovett. This edition is lightly footnoted to help the modern reader catch literary and pop-cultural references as well as slang terms that were familiar to 1840s Londoners, but are more obscure today. This is Volume 1 of a 2-volume set.


Number of Pages: 542
Dimensions: 1.38 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: September 15, 2020
ISBN9781635916812
Author James Malcolm Rymer , Thomas Preskett Prest
PublisherPulp-Lit Productions
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2020
LanguageENG- English
Pages542
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Thomas Preskett Prest

Thomas Peckett Prest (AKA Thomas Preskett Prest) (probable dates 1810-1859) was a British hack writer, journalist and musician. He was a prolific producer of penny dreadfuls. He is now remembered as the creator of the fictional Sweeney Todd, the 'demon barber' immortalized in his The String of Pearls: A Romance. He has also been associated with the authorship of Varney the Vampire, now more often thought to be the work of J. M. Rymer. He wrote under pseudonyms including Bos, a takeoff of Charles Dickens' own pen name, Boz. Before joining Edward Lloyd's publishing factory, Prest had made a name for himself as a talented musician and composer.

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