The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Dom…Thomas Peckett Prest

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The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.
by Thomas Peckett Prest (1810–1859)
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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.
Chapters
177 total- 1CHAPTER I. THE STRANGE CUSTOMER AT SWEENEY TODD'S.3,750 words
- 2CHAPTER II THE SPECTACLE-MAKER'S DAUGHTER.3,364 words
- 3CHAPTER III. A MAN IS LOST.3,786 words
- 4CHAPTER IV. THE PIE-SHOP, BELL-YARD.2,705 words
- 5CHAPTER V THE MEETING IN THE TEMPLE.3,204 words
- 6CHAPTER VI. THE CONFERENCE, AND THE FEARFUL NARRATION IN THE GARDEN.4,212 words
- 7CHAPTER VII. THE BARBER AND THE LAPIDARY.1,987 words
- 8CHAPTER VIII. THE THIEVES' HOME.4,425 words
- 9CHAPTER IX. JOHANNA AT HOME, AND THE RESOLUTION.3,418 words
- 10CHAPTER X. THE COLONEL AND HIS FRIEND.5,729 words
- 11CHAPTER XI. THE STRANGER AT LOVETT'S.3,591 words
- 12CHAPTER XII. THE RESOLUTION COME TO BY JOHANNA OAKLEY.5,335 words
- 13CHAPTER XIII. JOHANNA'S INTERVIEW WITH ARABELLA WILMOT, AND THE ADVICE.3,589 words
- 14CHAPTER XIV. TOBIAS'S THREAT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.1,222 words
- 15CHAPTER XV. THE SECOND INTERVIEW BETWEEN JOHANNA AND THE COLONEL IN THE TEMPLE GARDENS.2,751 words
- 16CHAPTER XVI. THE BARBER MAKES ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SELL THE STRING OF PEARLS.2,747 words
- 17CHAPTER XIV. THE GREAT CHANGE IN THE PROSPECTS OF SWEENEY TODD.2,342 words
- 18CHAPTER XV. TOBIAS'S ADVENTURES DURING THE ABSENCE OF SWEENEY TODD.2,805 words
- 19CHAPTER XVI. THE STRANGE ODOUR IN OLD ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH.1,954 words
- 20CHAPTER XVII. SWEENEY TODD'S PROCEEDINGS CONSEQUENT UPON THE DEPARTURE OF TOBIAS.2,745 words
- 21CHAPTER XVIII. THE MISADVENTURE OF TOBIAS.--THE MAD-HOUSE ON PECKHAM-RYE.1,988 words
- 22CHAPTER XIX. THE MADHOUSE CELL.2,246 words
- 23CHAPTER XX. THE NEW COOK TO MRS. LOVETT GETS TIRED OF HIS SITUATION.3,022 words
- 24CHAPTER XXI. THE NIGHT AT THE MADHOUSE.2,256 words
- 25CHAPTER XXII. MR. FOGG'S STORY AT THE MADHOUSE TO SWEENEY TODD.5,727 words
- 26CHAPTER XXIV. COLONEL JEFFERY MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT TO COME AT SWEENEY TODD'S SECRET.3,635 words
- 27CHAPTER XXV. TOBIAS MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE MADHOUSE.1,555 words
- 28CHAPTER XXVI. THE MADHOUSE YARD, AND TOBIAS'S NEW FRIEND.2,344 words
- 29CHAPTER XXVII. THE CONSULTATION OF COLONEL JEFFERY WITH THE MAGISTRATE.1,962 words
- 30CHAPTER XXVIII. TOBIAS'S ESCAPE FROM MR. FOGG'S ESTABLISHMENT.7,384 words
- 31CHAPTER XXIX. TOBIAS'S RAPID JOURNEY TO LONDON.1,181 words
- 32CHAPTER XXX. MRS. LOVETT'S COOK MAKES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT.3,299 words
- 33CHAPTER XXXI. SHOWS HOW TOBIAS GOT TO LONDON.2,715 words
- 34CHAPTER XXII. TOBIAS HAS A MIND DISEASED.1,953 words
- 35CHAPTER XXXIII. JOHANNA WALKS ABROAD IN DISGUISE.3,258 words
- 36CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. FOGG FINDS THAT ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS.2,519 words
- 37CHAPTER XXXV. MRS. LOVETT'S NEW LOVER.2,536 words
- 38CHAPTER XXXVI. TOBIAS'S MOTHER AWAKENS OLD RECOLLECTIONS.2,690 words
- 39CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SEARCH AT TODD'S.2,585 words
- 40CHAPTER XXXVIII. SIR RICHARD PRIES INTO TODD'S SECRETS.2,559 words
- 41CHAPTER XXXIX. THE MYSTERIOUS CUPBOARD.2,414 words
- 42CHAPTER XL. CROTCHET ASTONISHES MR. TODD.2,552 words
- 43CHAPTER XLI. TODD'S VISION.2,505 words
- 44CHAPTER XLII. THE GREAT SACRIFICE.2,302 words
- 45CHAPTER XLIII. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.2,254 words
- 46CHAPTER XLIV. TODD AND THE SILVERSMITH.2,270 words
- 47CHAPTER XLV. JOHANNA'S NEW SITUATION.2,369 words
- 48CHAPTER XLVI. TOBIAS'S HEART IS TOUCHED.2,917 words
- 49CHAPTER XLVII. TOBIAS RECOVERS HIS INTELLECT.1,972 words
- 50CHAPTER XLVIII. JOHANNA MAKES A NEW CONFIDANT.3,186 words
- 51CHAPTER XLIX. THE VAULTS OF ST. DUNSTAN'S.1,617 words
- 52CHAPTER L. THE DESCENT TO THE VAULTS.2,250 words
- 53CHAPTER LI. JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.2,394 words
- 54CHAPTER LII. TODD'S ANNOUNCEMENT.2,386 words
- 55CHAPTER LIII. THE MURDER OF THE USURER.2,053 words
- 56CHAPTER LIV. SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S PROGRESS.1,866 words
- 57CHAPTER LV. MRS. LOVETT'S WALK.2,330 words
- 58CHAPTER LVI. TOBIAS UNBOSOMS HIMSELF.2,109 words
- 59CHAPTER LVII. SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S ADVENTURES CONTINUED.2,230 words
- 60CHAPTER LVII. BIG BEN MAKES A DISCOVERY.2,177 words
- 61CHAPTER LVIII. THE GRAND CONSULTATION IN THE TEMPLE.2,894 words
- 62CHAPTER LIX. THE PROPOSAL OF ARABELLA.1,718 words
- 63CHAPTER LX. TODD FINDS A BOY.1,535 words
- 64CHAPTER LXI. TODD RECEIVES SOME STARTLING INTELLIGENCE.1,716 words
- 65CHAPTER LXII. TODD CLEARS OFF CIRCUMSTANCES.3,209 words
- 66CHAPTER LXIII. JOHANNA STARTS FOR TODD'S.1,953 words
- 67CHAPTER LXIV. TODD COMMENCES PACKING UP.1,946 words
- 68CHAPTER LXV. A MOONLIGHT VISIT TO ST. DUNSTAN'S VAULTS.2,186 words
- 69CHAPTER LXVI. THE COOK'S VISITORS.1,995 words
- 70CHAPTER LXVII. THE REVELATIONS IN THE VAULTS.2,008 words
- 71CHAPTER LXVIII. RETURNS TO JOHANNA.2,479 words
- 72CHAPTER LXIX. TAKES A PEEP AT ARABELLA.1,999 words
- 73CHAPTER LXX. RETURNS TO JOHANNA.2,668 words
- 74CHAPTER LXXI. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER.2,133 words
- 75CHAPTER LXXII. ANOTHER VICTIM.2,444 words
- 76CHAPTER LXXIII. STARTLING EVENTS.2,144 words
- 77CHAPTER LXXIV. BIG BEN CREATES A SENSATION.2,492 words
- 78CHAPTER LXXV. COLONEL JEFFERY OPENS HIS EYES.2,341 words
- 79CHAPTER LXXVI. ARABELLA AND THE COLONEL.2,254 words
- 80CHAPTER LXXVII. MRS. LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.2,493 words
- 81CHAPTER LXXVIII. MUTUAL DEFIANCE.2,419 words
- 82CHAPTER LXXIX. MRS. LOVETT FINDS THAT IN THIS WORLD THERE IS RETRIBUTION.2,169 words
- 83CHAPTER LXXX. TODD TAKES A JOURNEY TO THE TEMPLE.2,364 words
- 84CHAPTER LXXXI. JOHANNA IS ENCOURAGED.2,318 words
- 85CHAPTER LXXXII. TODD PLANS.1,957 words
- 86CHAPTER LXXXII. TODD VISITS THE COLONEL2,706 words
- 87CHAPTER LXXXIII. TOBIAS IN JEOPARDY.2,408 words
- 88CHAPTER LXXXIV. TODD'S WONDERFUL ESCAPE.2,495 words
- 89CHAPTER LXXXV. SIR RICHARD MAKES PLANS.2,686 words
- 90CHAPTER LXXXVI. TODD RECEIVES TWO EXTRAORDINARY LETTERS, AND ACTS UPON THEM.2,600 words
- 91CHAPTER LXXXVII. MR. LUPIN MEDDLES WITH OTHER FOLKS' AFFAIRS.2,475 words
- 92CHAPTER LXXXVIII. TODD ASTONISHES MRS. LOVETT'S SPY.2,087 words
- 93CHAPTER LXXXIX. MR. OAKLEY IS IN DESPAIR AT THE LOSS OF JOHANNA.2,432 words
- 94CHAPTER XC. MORNING IN FLEET STREET AGAIN.2,106 words
- 95CHAPTER XCI. MR. TODD'S FIRST CUSTOMERS.2,193 words
- 96CHAPTER XCII. MR. OAKLEY'S ANXIETIES MUCH DIMINISH.2,242 words
- 97CHAPTER XCIII. SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S SUBTERRANEAN EXPEDITION.2,228 words
- 98CHAPTER XCIV. IN THE VAULTS.2,288 words
- 99CHAPTER XCV. MRS. LOVETT IS VERY INTRACTABLE INDEED1,917 words
- 100CHAPTER XCVI. THE BOAT ON THE RIVER.2,141 words
- 101CHAPTER XCVII. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER ON THE THAMES.2,558 words
- 102CHAPTER XCVIII. JOHANNA HAS A VISITOR WHILE TODD IS GONE UPON THE RIVER.2,786 words
- 103CHAPTER XCIX. THE COOK FEELS THAT ALL THE WORLD NEGLECTS HIM, AND THEN HE GETS A LETTER.2,546 words
- 104CHAPTER C. TODD TAKES HIS LAST WALK UP FLEET STREET AND TO BELL YARD.2,347 words
- 105CHAPTER CI. TODD MAKES HIMSELF QUITE AT HOME IN BELL-YARD.2,594 words
- 106CHAPTER CII. TAKES A SLIGHT GLANCE AT TOBIAS AND HIS INTENDED.2,288 words
- 107CHAPTER CIII. MR. LUPIN HAS A SINGULAR INTERVIEW WITH MRS. OAKLEY.2,400 words
- 108CHAPTER CIV. MRS. OAKLEY SEES A STRANGE SIGHT, AND THINKS THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME.2,700 words
- 109CHAPTER CV. MRS. OAKLEY ESCAPES, AND TAKES A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THINGS IN GENERAL.2,404 words
- 110CHAPTER CVI. MR. LUPIN FINDS HIMSELF IN AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.2,341 words
- 111CHAPTER CVII. MRS. OAKLEY DISSEMBLES.2,539 words
- 112CHAPTER CVIII. RETURNS TO MRS. LOVETT, AND SHOWS HOW SHE GOT OUT OF THE RIVER.2,288 words
- 113CHAPTER CIX. JOHANNA HAS PLENTY OF COMPANY AT TODD'S.3,612 words
- 114CHAPTER CX. TODD'S HOUR HAS COME.2,903 words
- 115CHAPTER CXI. MRS. LOVETT PLANS.2,351 words
- 116CHAPTER CXII. MRS. LOVETT FINDS THAT IT IS EASIER TO PLAN THAN TO EXECUTE.2,610 words
- 117CHAPTER CXIII. THE ROUTE TO NEWGATE--MRS. LOVETT'S DANGER FROM THE MOB.1,463 words
- 118CHAPTER CXIV. THE COOK WAITS UPON SIR RICHARD BLUNT AND HEARS NEWS.2,805 words
- 119CHAPTER CXV. THE COOK BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT PERSONAGE.2,525 words
- 120CHAPTER CXVI. JOHANNA IS AMPLY PAID FOR HER BRIEF SERVICE AT TODD'S.2,114 words
- 121CHAPTER CXVII. SHOWS HOW MRS. OAKLEY RECONCILED HERSELF TO EVERYBODY AT HOME.2,167 words
- 122CHAPTER CXVIII. TAKES A PEEP AT TOBIAS AT THE COLONEL'S HOUSE.2,192 words
- 123CHAPTER CXIX. THE CRIMINALS IN NEWGATE.--TODD'S ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.2,196 words
- 124CHAPTER CXX. A LUNCHEON AT SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S.--THE DOG AND HIS OLD FRIEND.2,135 words
- 125CHAPTER CXXI. TODD IS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL, AND EXPECTS THE WORST.2,422 words
- 126CHAPTER CXXII. A LARGE PARTY VISITS BIG BEN AND THE LIONS IN THE TOWER.2,407 words
- 127CHAPTER CXXIII. THE BEASTS AT THE TOWER.2,332 words
- 128CHAPTER CXXIV. RETURNS TO NEWGATE, AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF MRS. LOVETT.2,367 words
- 129CHAPTER CXXV. MRS. LOVETT SEES SOME TWILIGHT SPECTRES IN HER CELL.2,208 words
- 130CHAPTER CXXVI. SWEENEY TODD IS PLACED UPON HIS TRIAL.2,186 words
- 131CHAPTER CXXVII. THE TRIAL OF SWEENEY TODD CONTINUED.2,296 words
- 132CHAPTER CXXVIII. TODD'S TRIAL CONTINUES, AND GOES ALL AGAINST HIM.2,153 words
- 133CHAPTER CXXIX. THE TRIAL OF SWEENEY TODD CONTINUED.2,294 words
- 134CHAPTER CXXX. TODD ENTERTAINS SOME HOPES OF AN ACQUITTAL.2,413 words
- 135CHAPTER CXXXI. TODD MAKES AN ATTEMPT UPON HIS OWN LIFE.2,549 words
- 136CHAPTER CXXXII. TODD MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE IN NEWGATE, AND TRIES AN ESCAPE.2,378 words
- 137CHAPTER CXXXIII. THE PROGRESS OF THE OPERATIONS TO ESCAPE FROM NEWGATE.2,542 words
- 138CHAPTER CXXXIV. THE ESCAPE, AND THE RETREAT IN CAEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD.2,394 words
- 139CHAPTER CXXXV. THE CHASE THROUGH SMITHFIELD, AND THE MURDER.2,207 words
- 140CHAPTER CXXXVI. TODD AND LUPIN ESCAPE TO CAEN WOOD.2,392 words
- 141CHAPTER CXXXVII. THE MURDER AT CAEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD.2,456 words
- 142CHAPTER CXXXVIII. CAEN WOOD AND HAMPSTEAD IN THE OLD TIMES.2,395 words
- 143CHAPTER CXXXIX. THE ADVENTURES IN CAEN WOOD OF THE TWO MURDERERS.2,752 words
- 144CHAPTER CXL. SHOWS HOW THE NEWS OF TODD'S ESCAPE WAS RECEIVED BY ALL CONCERNED.2,828 words
- 145CHAPTER CXLI. SHOWS HOW TODD MADE UP HIS MIND TO VENGEANCE.2,310 words
- 146CHAPTER CXLII. RETURNS TO TODD IN THE WOOD AT HAMPSTEAD.2,313 words
- 147CHAPTER CXLIII. TODD TAKES A LOOK AT HIS OLD QUARTERS IN FLEET STREET.2,727 words
- 148CHAPTER CXLIV. TODD MAKES HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN HOUSE.2,621 words
- 149CHAPTER CXLV. TODD HAS A NARROW ESCAPE, AND HAS A BIT OF REVENGE.2,815 words
- 150CHAPTER CXLVI. THERE IS A FIRE IN FLEET STREET AFTER ALL.--TODD ESCAPES.2,490 words
- 151CHAPTER CXLVII. SIR RICHARD BLUNT AND CROTCHET COMMENCE THEIR SEARCH FOR TODD.2,876 words
- 152CHAPTER CXLVIII. SHOWS HOW TODD HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE INDEED.2,455 words
- 153CHAPTER CXLIX. TODD IS IN GREAT PERIL IN THE EARLY MORNING IN LONDON.2,669 words
- 154CHAPTER CL. TODD SETS FIRE TO HIS HOUSE, AND THEN HIDES IN THE CHURCH.2,766 words
- 155CHAPTER CLI. SHIFTS THE SCENE TO ONE OF QUIET GOODNESS AND SERENITY.2,277 words
- 156CHAPTER CLII. TODD HAS SOME FURTHER ADVENTURES IN FLEET STREET.2,736 words
- 157CHAPTER CLIII. TODD ASTONISHES THE BEADLE, AND ESCAPES PROM ST. DUNSTAN'S.2,594 words
- 158CHAPTER CLIV. DETAILS THE PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE BEADLE.2,629 words
- 159CHAPTER CLV. TODD GETS THE BETTER OF THE SHARPERS, AND TAKES A BOAT.2,393 words
- 160CHAPTER CLVI. SIR RICHARD BLUNT IS VERY NEAR TAKING HIS PRISONER.2,465 words
- 161CHAPTER CLVII. TODD FINDS THAT HE HAS GOT OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE.2,561 words
- 162CHAPTER CLVIII. TODD'S FEARFUL ADVENTURES ON THE RIVER.2,440 words
- 163CHAPTER CLIX. TODD MAKES A VIGOROUS ATTEMPT TO REACH GRAVESEND.2,414 words
- 164CHAPTER CLX. THE POLICE-GALLEY ON THE THAMES.2,593 words
- 165CHAPTER CLXI. THE POLICE-GALLEY'S FATE.2,311 words
- 166CHAPTER CLXII. ANOTHER BOAT.2,360 words
- 167CHAPTER CLXIII. ANOTHER POLICE-GALLEY.2,352 words
- 168CHAPTER CLXIV. TODD GOES BACK ON LAND.2,646 words
- 169CHAPTER CLXV. TODD HIDES IN A CUPBOARD.2,705 words
- 170CHAPTER CLXVI. THE SHIP BOUND FOR HAVRE TAKES A PASSENGER.2,365 words
- 171CHAPTER CLXVII. TODD MEETS WITH A LITTLE ROUGH WEATHER IN THE CHANNEL.2,212 words
- 172CHAPTER CLXVIII. TODD GETS A WORLD OF MARITIME EXPERIENCE.2,313 words
- 173CHAPTER CLXIX. TAKES A PEEP AT SOME FRIENDS OF THE READER.2,332 words
- 174CHAPTER CLXX. MARK INGESTRIE RESCUES A SHIPWRECKED MAN.2,295 words
- 175CHAPTER CLXXI. A RATHER IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IS MADE.2,317 words
- 176CHAPTER CLXXII. THE PURSUIT OF TODD ON THE LONDON ROAD.2,003 words
- 177CHAPTER CLXXIII. THE CONCLUSION.305 words
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