SWEENEY TODD The String of Pearls
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction to the Dover Edition
- I The Strange Customer at Sweeney Todd’S
- II The Spectacle-Maker’S Daughter
- III The Dog and the Hat
- IV The Pie-Shop in Bell Yard
- V The Meeting in the Temple
- VI The Conference, and the Fearful Narration in the Garden
- VII The Barber and the Lapidary
- VIII The Thieves’ Home
- IX Johanna at Home, and the Resolution
- X The Colonel and his Friend
- XI The Stranger at Lovett’S
- XII The Resolution Come to by Johanna Oakley
- XIII Johanna’S Interview With Arabella Wilmot, and the Advice
- XIV Tobias’S Threat, and its Consequences
- XV The Second Interview Between Johanna and the Colonel in the Temple Gardens
- XVI The Barber Makes Another Attempt to Sell the String of Pearls
- XVII The Great Change in the Prospects of Sweeney Todd
- XVIII Tobias’S Adventures During the Absence of Sweeney Todd
- XIX The Strange Odour in St. Dunstan’S Church
- XX Sweeney Todd’S Proceedings Consequent Upon the Departure of Tobias
- XXI The Misadventures of Tobias. the Madhouse on Peckham Rye
- XXII The Madhouse Cell
- XXIII The New Cook to Mrs. Lovett’S Gets Tired of his Situation
- XXIV The Night at the Madhouse
- XXV Mr. Fogg’S Story at the Madhouse
- XXVI Colonel Jeffery Makes Another Effort to Come at Sweeney Todd’S Secret
- XXVII Tobias Makes An Attempt to Escape From The Madhouse
- XXVIII The Madhouse Yard, and Tobias’S New Friend
- XXIX The Consultation of Colonel Jeffery With The Magistrate
- XXX Tobias’S Escape From Mr. Fogg’S Establishment
- XXXI The Rapid Journey of Tobias to London
- XXXII The Announcement in Sweeney Todd’S Window. Johanna Oakley’S Adventure
- XXXIII The Discoveries in the Vaults Of St. Dunstan’S
- XXXIV Johanna Alone. The Secret. Mr. Todd’S Suspicions. The Mysterious Letter
- XXXV Sweeney Todd Commences Clearing the Road to Retirement
- XXXVI The Last Batch of the Delicious Pies
- XXXVII The Prisoner’S Plan of Escape from the Pies
- XXXVIII Sweeney Todd Shaves A Good Customer. The Arrest
- XXXIX The Conclusion
In the early years of the Victorian age, a newly literate class of readers turned to "penny dreadfuls" for escapist fun. Blood-curdling tales, published in installments and costing only a penny, offered gripping episodes of romance, mystery, and horror. The notorious penny dreadful Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls recounts a young woman's desperate search for her missing sailor sweetheart―a quest that ends in a Fleet Street barber shop, where the proprietor has an unsavory connection with a local baker and the secret ingredient to her delicious meat pies. Authorship of this tale, which was printed anonymously in 1846-47 in eighteen weekly installments, remains in doubt. The story's serial publication ensured an abundance of cliffhangers, and its dark humor made it an especially appealing source for the long-running Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. A delight for fans of the modern play, this gripping yarn remains a treat for readers of Victorian mysteries.