BIBLIOMANCER / FICTIONThe String ofPearlsOr, The Barber of Fleet Street. ADomestic Romance. JAMES MALCOLM RYMER, THOMAS PECKETT PREST BIBLIOMANCER ARCHIVE EDITION
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The String of Pearls

Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.

James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest

Reading time
about 32 h
Length
438,317 words · 1120 pages in print
Structure
178 chapters · 2 front-matter sections
Language
English
Era
Victorian

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Contents

  1. Note
  2. Chapter MDCCCL
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter I — The Strange Customer at Sweeney Todd’s
  5. Chapter II — The Spectacle-Maker’s Daughter
  6. Chapter III — A Man Is Lost
  7. Chapter IV — The Pie-Shop, Bell-Yard
  8. Chapter V — The Meeting in the Temple
  9. Chapter VI — The Conference, and the Fearful Narration in the Garden
  10. Chapter VII — The Barber and the Lapidary
  11. Chapter VIII — The Thieves’ Home
  12. Chapter IX — Johanna at Home, and the Resolution
  13. Chapter X — The Colonel and His Friend
  14. Chapter XI — The Stranger at Lovett’s
  15. Chapter XII — The Resolution Come to by Johanna Oakley
  16. Chapter XIII — Johanna’s Interview with Arabella Wilmot, and the Advice
  17. Chapter XIV — Tobias’s Threat, and Its Consequences
  18. Chapter XV — The Second Interview Between Johanna and the Colonel in the Temple Gardens
  19. Chapter XVI — The Barber Makes Another Attempt to Sell the String of Pearls
  20. Chapter XIV — The Great Change in the Prospects of Sweeney Todd
  21. Chapter XV — Tobias’s Adventures During the Absence of Sweeney Todd
  22. Chapter XVI — The Strange Odour in Old St. Dunstan’s Church
  23. Chapter XVII — Sweeney Todd’s Proceedings Consequent Upon the Departure of Tobias
  24. Chapter XVIII — The Misadventure of Tobias.—The Mad-House on Peckham-Rye
  25. Chapter XIX — The Madhouse Cell
  26. Chapter XX — The New Cook to Mrs. Lovett Gets Tired of His Situation
  27. Chapter XXI — The Night at the Madhouse
  28. Chapter XXII — Mr. Fogg’s Story at the Madhouse to Sweeney Todd
  29. Chapter XXIV — Colonel Jeffery Makes Another Effort to Come at Sweeney Todd’s Secret
  30. Chapter XXV — Tobias Makes an Attempt to Escape from the Madhouse
  31. Chapter XXVI — The Madhouse Yard, and Tobias’s New Friend
  32. Chapter XXVII — The Consultation of Colonel Jeffery with the Magistrate
  33. Chapter XXVIII — Tobias’s Escape from Mr. Fogg’s Establishment
  34. Chapter XXIX — Tobias’s Rapid Journey to London
  35. Chapter XXX — Mrs. Lovett’s Cook Makes a Desperate Attempt
  36. Chapter XXXI — Shows How Tobias Got to London
  37. Chapter XXII — Tobias Has a Mind Diseased
  38. Chapter XXXIII — Johanna Walks Abroad in Disguise
  39. Chapter XXXIV — Mr. Fogg Finds That All Is Not Gold That Glitters
  40. Chapter XXXV — Mrs. Lovett’s New Lover
  41. Chapter XXXVI — Tobias’s Mother Awakens Old Recollections
  42. Chapter XXXVII — The Search at Todd’s
  43. Chapter XXXVIII — Sir Richard Pries Into Todd’s Secrets
  44. Chapter XXXIX — The Mysterious Cupboard
  45. Chapter XL — Crotchet Astonishes Mr. Todd
  46. Chapter XLI — Todd’s Vision
  47. Chapter XLII — The Great Sacrifice
  48. Chapter XLIII — An Old Acquaintance
  49. Chapter XLIV — Todd and the Silversmith
  50. Chapter XLV — Johanna’s New Situation
  51. Chapter XLVI — Tobias’s Heart Is Touched
  52. Chapter XLVII — Tobias Recovers His Intellect
  53. Chapter XLVIII — Johanna Makes a New Confidant
  54. Chapter XLIX — The Vaults of St. Dunstan’s
  55. Chapter L — The Descent to the Vaults
  56. Chapter LI — Johanna Rushes to Her Destiny
  57. Chapter LII — Todd’s Announcement
  58. Chapter LIII — The Murder of the Usurer
  59. Chapter LIV — Sir Richard Blunt’s Progress
  60. Chapter LV — Mrs. Lovett’s Walk
  61. Chapter LVI — Tobias Unbosoms Himself
  62. Chapter LVII — Sir Richard Blunt’s Adventures Continued
  63. Chapter LVII — Big Ben Makes a Discovery
  64. Chapter LVIII — The Grand Consultation in the Temple
  65. Chapter LIX — The Proposal of Arabella
  66. Chapter LX — Todd Finds a Boy
  67. Chapter LXI — Todd Receives Some Startling Intelligence
  68. Chapter LXII — Todd Clears Off Circumstances
  69. Chapter LXIII — Johanna Starts for Todd’s
  70. Chapter LXIV — Todd Commences Packing Up
  71. Chapter LXV — A Moonlight Visit to St. Dunstan’s Vaults
  72. Chapter LXVI — The Cook’s Visitors
  73. Chapter LXVII — The Revelations in the Vaults
  74. Chapter LXVIII — Returns to Johanna
  75. Chapter LXIX — Takes a Peep at Arabella
  76. Chapter LXX — Returns to Johanna
  77. Chapter LXXI — The Mysterious Letter
  78. Chapter LXXII — Another Victim
  79. Chapter LXXIII — Startling Events
  80. Chapter LXXIV — Big Ben Creates a Sensation
  81. Chapter LXXV — Colonel Jeffery Opens His Eyes
  82. Chapter LXXVI — Arabella and the Colonel
  83. Chapter LXXVII — Mrs. Lovett Visits the Bank
  84. Chapter LXXVIII — Mutual Defiance
  85. Chapter LXXIX — Mrs. Lovett Finds That in This World There Is Retribution
  86. Chapter LXXX — Todd Takes a Journey to the Temple
  87. Chapter LXXXI — Johanna Is Encouraged
  88. Chapter LXXXII — Todd Plans
  89. Chapter LXXXII — Todd Visits the Colonel
  90. Chapter LXXXIII — Tobias in Jeopardy
  91. Chapter LXXXIV — Todd’s Wonderful Escape
  92. Chapter LXXXV — Sir Richard Makes Plans
  93. Chapter LXXXVI — Todd Receives Two Extraordinary Letters, and Acts Upon Them
  94. Chapter LXXXVII — Mr. Lupin Meddles with Other Folks’ Affairs
  95. Chapter LXXXVIII — Todd Astonishes Mrs. Lovett’s Spy
  96. Chapter LXXXIX — Mr. Oakley Is in Despair at the Loss of Johanna
  97. Chapter XC — Morning in Fleet Street Again
  98. Chapter XCI — Mr. Todd’s First Customers
  99. Chapter XCII — Mr. Oakley’s Anxieties Much Diminish
  100. Chapter XCIII — Sir Richard Blunt’s Subterranean Expedition
  101. Chapter XCIV — In the Vaults
  102. Chapter XCV — Mrs. Lovett Is Very Intractable Indeed
  103. Chapter XCVI — The Boat on the River
  104. Chapter XCVII — The Attempted Murder on the Thames
  105. Chapter XCVIII — Johanna Has a Visitor While Todd Is Gone Upon the River
  106. Chapter XCIX — The Cook Feels That All the World Neglects Him, and Then He Gets a Letter
  107. Chapter C — Todd Takes His Last Walk Up Fleet Street and to Bell Yard
  108. Chapter CI — Todd Makes Himself Quite at Home in Bell-Yard
  109. Chapter CII — Takes a Slight Glance at Tobias and His Intended
  110. Chapter CIII — Mr. Lupin Has a Singular Interview with Mrs. Oakley
  111. Chapter CIV — Mrs. Oakley Sees a Strange Sight, and Thinks There Is No Place Like Home
  112. Chapter CV — Mrs. Oakley Escapes, and Takes a Different View of Things in General
  113. Chapter CVI — Mr. Lupin Finds Himself in an Awkward Predicament
  114. Chapter CVII — Mrs. Oakley Dissembles
  115. Chapter CVIII — Returns to Mrs. Lovett, and Shows How She Got Out of the River
  116. Chapter CIX — Johanna Has Plenty of Company at Todd’s
  117. Chapter CX — Todd’s Hour Has Come
  118. Chapter CXI — Mrs. Lovett Plans
  119. Chapter CXII — Mrs. Lovett Finds That It Is Easier to Plan Than to Execute
  120. Chapter CXIII — The Route to Newgate—Mrs. Lovett’s Danger from the Mob
  121. Chapter CXIV — The Cook Waits Upon Sir Richard Blunt and Hears News
  122. Chapter CXV — The Cook Becomes a Very Important Personage
  123. Chapter CXVI — Johanna Is Amply Paid for Her Brief Service at Todd’s
  124. Chapter CXVII — Shows How Mrs. Oakley Reconciled Herself to Everybody at Home
  125. Chapter CXVIII — Takes a Peep at Tobias at the Colonel’s House
  126. Chapter CXIX — The Criminals in Newgate.—Todd’s Attempt at Suicide
  127. Chapter CXX — A Luncheon at Sir Richard Blunt’s.—The Dog and His Old Friend
  128. Chapter CXXI — Todd Is Committed for Trial, and Expects the Worst
  129. Chapter CXXII — A Large Party Visits Big Ben and the Lions in the Tower
  130. Chapter CXXIII — The Beasts at the Tower
  131. Chapter CXXIV — Returns to Newgate, and the Proceedings of Mrs. Lovett
  132. Chapter CXXV — Mrs. Lovett Sees Some Twilight Spectres in Her Cell
  133. Chapter CXXVI — Sweeney Todd Is Placed Upon His Trial
  134. Chapter CXXVII — The Trial of Sweeney Todd Continued
  135. Chapter CXXVIII — Todd’s Trial Continues, and Goes All Against Him
  136. Chapter CXXIX — The Trial of Sweeney Todd Continued
  137. Chapter CXXX — Todd Entertains Some Hopes of an Acquittal
  138. Chapter CXXXI — Todd Makes an Attempt Upon His Own Life
  139. Chapter CXXXII — Todd Makes an Acquaintance in Newgate, and Tries an Escape
  140. Chapter CXXXIII — The Progress of the Operations to Escape from Newgate
  141. Chapter CXXXIV — The Escape, and the Retreat in Caen Wood, Hampstead
  142. Chapter CXXXV — The Chase Through Smithfield, and the Murder
  143. Chapter CXXXVI — Todd and Lupin Escape to Caen Wood
  144. Chapter CXXXVII — The Murder at Caen Wood, Hampstead
  145. Chapter CXXXVIII — Caen Wood and Hampstead in the Old Times
  146. Chapter CXXXIX — The Adventures in Caen Wood of the Two Murderers
  147. Chapter CXL — Shows How the News of Todd’s Escape Was Received by All Concerned
  148. Chapter CXLI — Shows How Todd Made Up His Mind to Vengeance
  149. Chapter CXLII — Returns to Todd in the Wood at Hampstead
  150. Chapter CXLIII — Todd Takes a Look at His Old Quarters in Fleet Street
  151. Chapter CXLIV — Todd Makes His Way Into His Own House
  152. Chapter CXLV — Todd Has a Narrow Escape, and Has a Bit of Revenge
  153. Chapter CXLVI — There Is a Fire in Fleet Street After All.—Todd Escapes
  154. Chapter CXLVII — Sir Richard Blunt and Crotchet Commence Their Search for Todd
  155. Chapter CXLVIII — Shows How Todd Had a Very Narrow Escape Indeed
  156. Chapter CXLIX — Todd Is in Great Peril in the Early Morning in London
  157. Chapter CL — Todd Sets Fire to His House, and Then Hides in the Church
  158. Chapter CLI — Shifts the Scene to One of Quiet Goodness and Serenity
  159. Chapter CLII — Todd Has Some Further Adventures in Fleet Street
  160. Chapter CLIII — Todd Astonishes the Beadle, and Escapes Prom St. Dunstan’s
  161. Chapter CLIV — Details the Perilous Situation of the Beadle
  162. Chapter CLV — Todd Gets the Better of the Sharpers, and Takes a Boat
  163. Chapter CLVI — Sir Richard Blunt Is Very Near Taking His Prisoner
  164. Chapter CLVII — Todd Finds That He Has Got Out of the Frying-Pan Into the Fire
  165. Chapter CLVIII — Todd’s Fearful Adventures on the River
  166. Chapter CLIX — Todd Makes a Vigorous Attempt to Reach Gravesend
  167. Chapter CLX — The Police-Galley on the Thames
  168. Chapter CLXI — The Police-Galley’s Fate
  169. Chapter CLXII — Another Boat
  170. Chapter CLXIII — Another Police-Galley
  171. Chapter CLXIV — Todd Goes Back on Land
  172. Chapter CLXV — Todd Hides in a Cupboard
  173. Chapter CLXVI — The Ship Bound for Havre Takes a Passenger
  174. Chapter CLXVII — Todd Meets with a Little Rough Weather in the Channel
  175. Chapter CLXVIII — Todd Gets a World of Maritime Experience
  176. Chapter CLXIX — Takes a Peep at Some Friends of the Reader
  177. Chapter CLXX — Mark Ingestrie Rescues a Shipwrecked Man
  178. Chapter CLXXI — A Rather Important Discovery Is Made
  179. Chapter CLXXII — The Pursuit of Todd on the London Road
  180. Chapter CLXXIII — The Conclusion

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James Malcolm Rymer

1814–1884 · Victorian

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1810–1859 · Victorian

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