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by Thomas Peckett Prest · 1810–1859
"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. When a sailor mysteriously disappears after visiting Todd's shop, friends and loved ones investigate, uncovering a horrifying secret beneath St. Dunstan's church that reveals the true scale of Todd's crimes.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 1985 min
- Words
- 436,638
- Chapters
- 180
- Paragraphs
- 12,983
- Price
- Free
- Bakers -- Fiction
- Barbers -- Fiction
- Cannibalism -- Fiction
- Fleet Street (London, England) -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Horror tales
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
They were now just opposite the principal entrance to the Temple, and as Arabella cried "help," who should emerge from under the gateway but Ben the Beef Eater.
Sie befanden sich gerade gegenüber dem Haupteingang zum Temple, und als Arabella „Hilfe“ rief, trat Ben der Beef Eater aus dem Torbogen.
The fact is, that he was on his way to the Tower just previous to the meeting with Colonel Jeffery and Tobias.
Tatsächlich war er auf dem Weg zum Tower, kurz vor dem Treffen mit Colonel Jeffery und Tobias.
Arabella, who had twice or thrice seen him at the Oakley's, knew him at once.
Arabella, die ihn zweimal oder dreimal bei den Oakleys gesehen hatte, erkannte ihn sofort.
"Oh, sir," she cried, "I am Johanna's friend, Miss Wilmot, and this--this gent won't leave me and my cousin here alone."
„Oh, Sir“, rief sie, „ich bin Johannas Freundin, Miss Wilmot, und dieser--dieser Herr will mich nicht allein mit meiner Cousine hier lassen.“
The gent made an effort to escape, but Ben caught him by the hinder part of his apparel, and held him tight.
Der Herr bemühte sich, zu entkommen, aber Ben packte ihn am hinteren Teil seiner Kleidung und hielt ihn fest.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #59828
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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