The String of Pearls: The Barber of Fleet Street
James Malcolm Rymer
The original Sweeney Todd: men walk into a Fleet Street barbershop and never walk out, while a nearby pie shop grows famous. This penny dreadful serial, with its original illustrations, is a classic of Victorian horror suspense.
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