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

by Prest, Thomas Peckett, Rymer, James Malcolm

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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.

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