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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada Ed. by Anonymous; Thomas Peckett Prest; James Malcolm Rymer; Robert L. Mack is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>A sensational story of murder and pie-making, <b>Sweeney Todd</b> is a classic of British horror writing, widely adapted in print and on stage, most famously by Stephen Sondheim, whose unlikely "musical thriller" won eight Tony awards. This edition offers the original story with all its atmospheric Victorian trimmings. The story of Todd's murderous partnership with pie-maker Margery Lovett&#151;at once inconceivably unpalatable and undeniably compelling&#151;has subsequently set the table for a seemingly endless series of successful dramatic adaptations, popular songs and ballads, novellas, radio plays, graphic novels, ballets, films, and musicals. Both gleeful and ghoulish, the original tale of Sweeney Todd, first published under the title <b>The String of Pearls,</b> combines the story of Todd's grisly method of robbing and dispatching his victims&#151;by way of Mrs. Lovett's meat pies&#151;with a romantic sub-plot involving deception, disguise, and detective work, set against the backdrop of London's dark and unsavory streets. Editor Robert Mack 'fleshes' out the story with a fascinating introduction touching on the origins of the tale, the growth of the legend, and a hist

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Author

Anonymous; Thomas Peckett Prest; James Malcolm Rymer; Robert L. Mack

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781435633490

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (1,864 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14