Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada Ed.
by edited by Robert Mack | Horror | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0199543445 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0199543445 Global Overview for this book
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I admit I got this book at the library book sale for the Johnny Depp photo on the cover... : )~~~
'Ladies and Gentlemen...I have to state that Mrs Lovett's pies are made of human flesh!' This shocking announcement provides the stunning d'enouement to a narrative first published over a period of four months in the winter of 1846-7. The revelation marked only the beginning, however, of the notorious career of Sweeney Todd, soon known to legend as the 'Demon Barber' of London's Fleet Street.
The story of Todd's entrepreneurial partnership with neighbouring pie-maker Margery Lovett - at once inconceivably unpalatable and undeniably compelling - has subsequently provided the substance for a seemingly endless series of successful dramatic adaptations, popular songs, radio plays, graphic novels, films, and musicals. Both gleeful and ghoulish, the original tale of Sweeney Todd, first published under the title The String of Pearls, is an early classic of British horror writing. It combines the story of Todd's grisly method of robbing and dispatching his victims with a romantic sub-plot involving deception, disguise, and detective work, set against the backdrop of London's dark and unsavoury streets.
This edition provides an authoritative text of the first version of the story ever to be published, as well as a lively introduction to its history and reputation.
'Ladies and Gentlemen...I have to state that Mrs Lovett's pies are made of human flesh!' This shocking announcement provides the stunning d'enouement to a narrative first published over a period of four months in the winter of 1846-7. The revelation marked only the beginning, however, of the notorious career of Sweeney Todd, soon known to legend as the 'Demon Barber' of London's Fleet Street.
The story of Todd's entrepreneurial partnership with neighbouring pie-maker Margery Lovett - at once inconceivably unpalatable and undeniably compelling - has subsequently provided the substance for a seemingly endless series of successful dramatic adaptations, popular songs, radio plays, graphic novels, films, and musicals. Both gleeful and ghoulish, the original tale of Sweeney Todd, first published under the title The String of Pearls, is an early classic of British horror writing. It combines the story of Todd's grisly method of robbing and dispatching his victims with a romantic sub-plot involving deception, disguise, and detective work, set against the backdrop of London's dark and unsavoury streets.
This edition provides an authoritative text of the first version of the story ever to be published, as well as a lively introduction to its history and reputation.
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Found this Book at the Bookleggers Movie Night down on SouthBeach. great film, LIFE OF PI; even better was the Lit that was found. A solid night of hookah smoking and Book Crossing
