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

Name: The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.
Author: James Malcolm Rymer

by James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest

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Project Gutenberg

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deaurider, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

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2019-06-28

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Public domain in the USA.

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Historical fiction Horror tales Revenge -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Missing persons -- Fiction Suspense fiction Murder -- Fiction Mystery fiction Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character) -- Fiction Barbers -- Fiction Bakers -- Fiction Cannibalism -- Fiction Fleet Street (London, England) -- Fiction London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction

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James Malcolm Rymer

d. 1884

A prolific force in Victorian popular fiction, he is closely linked with two enduring legends: Varney the Vampire and Sweeney Todd. Though much about his life remains hazy, his fast-paced serials helped define the wild, sensational world of the penny dreadful.

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Thomas Peckett Prest

1810–1859

Best known for helping bring Sweeney Todd and Varney the Vampire into print, this prolific Victorian writer worked at the fast, sensational edge of popular fiction. His life is partly shadowy, but his stories helped shape the penny dreadful tradition and later horror lore.

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