String of Pearls
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120
1846
English
- 01 - The Strange Customer at Sweeney Todd's
- 02 - The Spectacle Maker's Daughter
- 03 - The Dog and the Hat
- 04 - The Pie-shop in Bell Yard
- 05 - The Meeting in the Temple
- 06 - The Conference, and the Fearful Narration in the Garden
- 07 - The Barber and the Lapidary
- 08 - The Thieves' Home
- 09 - Johanna at Home, and the Resolution
- 10 - The Colonel and His Friend
- 11 - The Stranger at Lovett's
- 12 - The Resolution come to by Johanna Oakley
- 13 - Johanna's Interview with Arabella Wilmot, and the Advice
- 14 - Tobias's Threat, and its Consequences
- 15 - The Second Interview between Johanna and the Colonel in the Temple Gardens
- 16 - The Barber Makes Another Attempt to Sell the String of Pearls
- 17 - The Great Change in the Prospects of Sweeney Todd
- 18 - Tobias's Adventures During the Absence of Sweeney Todd
- 19 - The Strange Odour at St. Dunstan's Church
- 20 - Sweeney Todd's Proceedings Consequent upon the Departure of Tobias
- 21 - The Misadventure of Tobias. The Mad-House
- 22 - The Mad-House Cell
- 23 - The New Cook to Mrs. Lovett's Gets Tired of his Situation
- 24 - The Night at the Mad-House
- 25 - Mr. Fogg's Story at the Mad-House to Sweeney Todd
- 26 - Colonel Jeffery Makes Another Effort to Come at Sweeney Todd's Secret
- 27 - Tobias Makes an Attempt to Escape from the Mad-House
- 28 - The Mad-House Yard, and Tobias's New Friend
- 29 - The Consultation of Colonel Jeffery with the Magistrate
- 30 - Tobias's Escape from Mr. Fogg's Establishment
- 31 - The Rapid Journey to London of Tobias
- 32 - The Announcement in Sweeney Todd's Window. Johanna Oakley's Adventure.
- 33 - The Discoveries in the Vaults of St. Dunstan's
- 34 - Johanna Alone. The Secret. Mr. Todd's Suspicions. The Mysterious Letter
- 35 - Sweeney Todd Commences Clearing the Road to Retirement
- 36 - The Last Batch of the Delicious Pies
- 37 - The Prisoner's Plan of Escape from the Pies
- 38 - Sweeney Todd Shaves a Good Customer. The Arrest
- 39 - The Conclusion.
The tale of Sweeney Todd has had many incarnations, most famously the stage and movie musical by Stephen Sondheim. But it all started in 1846 with a serialized telling of the story titled “The String of Pearls” in the weekly magazine “The People's Periodical and Family Library”. Called by some a romance, by others a horror story, it is one of the earliest murder mysteries. In “The String of Pearls”, Sweeney Todd is less sympathetic than in some of his later incarnations – a perfect villain, totally self-seeking with no redeeming qualities. How the deeds of Todd are uncovered and how he is brought to justice make a most intriguing tale, but one probably not suited for the very young and certainly not for the squeamish. (Summary by John Lieder).
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