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Sweeney Todd, The Barber of Fleet-Street; Vol. II - by James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Preskett Prest (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Freshly typeset in readable modern type with the original woodcut illustrations, this two-volume edition presents the full version of what's probably the most influential and notorious "Penny Dreadful" ever published: the one in which London was introduced to Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet-Street, and his pie-selling partner-in-crime, Mrs. Lovett.
- Author(s): James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Preskett Prest
- 488 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Crime
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About the Book
Freshly typeset in readable modern type with the original woodcut illustrations, lightly footnoted to explain period slang and pop-culture references, this edition presents the full version of this most notorious of "Penny Dreadfuls."
Book Synopsis
Freshly typeset in readable modern type with the original woodcut illustrations, this two-volume edition presents the full version of what's probably the most influential and notorious "Penny Dreadful" ever published: the one in which London was introduced to Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet-Street, and his pie-selling partner-in-crime, Mrs. Lovett. This edition is lightly footnoted to help the modern reader catch literary and pop-cultural references as well as slang terms that were familiar to 1840s Londoners, but are more obscure today. This is Volume 2 of a 2-volume set.