The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.
by Thomas Peckett Prest James Malcolm Rymer
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Chapters (179)
- The String of Pearls; or, the Barber of Fleet Street
- PREFACE.
- CHAPTER I. THE STRANGE CUSTOMER AT SWEENEY TODD'S.
- CHAPTER II THE SPECTACLE-MAKER'S DAUGHTER.
- CHAPTER III. A MAN IS LOST.
- CHAPTER IV. THE PIE-SHOP, BELL-YARD.
- CHAPTER V THE MEETING IN THE TEMPLE.
- CHAPTER VI. THE CONFERENCE, AND THE FEARFUL NARRATION IN THE GARDEN.
- CHAPTER VII. THE BARBER AND THE LAPIDARY.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE THIEVES' HOME.
- CHAPTER IX. JOHANNA AT HOME, AND THE RESOLUTION.
- CHAPTER X. THE COLONEL AND HIS FRIEND.
- CHAPTER XI. THE STRANGER AT LOVETT'S.
- CHAPTER XII. THE RESOLUTION COME TO BY JOHANNA OAKLEY.
- CHAPTER XIII. JOHANNA'S INTERVIEW WITH ARABELLA WILMOT, AND THE ADVICE.
- CHAPTER XIV. TOBIAS'S THREAT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
- CHAPTER XV. THE SECOND INTERVIEW BETWEEN JOHANNA AND THE COLONEL IN THE TEMPLE GARDENS.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE BARBER MAKES ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SELL THE STRING OF PEARLS.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE GREAT CHANGE IN THE PROSPECTS OF SWEENEY TODD.
- CHAPTER XV. TOBIAS'S ADVENTURES DURING THE ABSENCE OF SWEENEY TODD.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE STRANGE ODOUR IN OLD ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH.
- CHAPTER XVII. SWEENEY TODD'S PROCEEDINGS CONSEQUENT UPON THE DEPARTURE OF TOBIAS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE MISADVENTURE OF TOBIAS.—THE MAD-HOUSE ON PECKHAM-RYE.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE MADHOUSE CELL.
- CHAPTER XX. THE NEW COOK TO MRS. LOVETT GETS TIRED OF HIS SITUATION.
- CHAPTER XXI. THE NIGHT AT THE MADHOUSE.
- CHAPTER XXII. MR. FOGG'S STORY AT THE MADHOUSE TO SWEENEY TODD.
- CHAPTER XXIV. COLONEL JEFFERY MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT TO COME AT SWEENEY TODD'S SECRET.
- CHAPTER XXV. TOBIAS MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE MADHOUSE.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE MADHOUSE YARD, AND TOBIAS'S NEW FRIEND.
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE CONSULTATION OF COLONEL JEFFERY WITH THE MAGISTRATE.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. TOBIAS'S ESCAPE FROM MR. FOGG'S ESTABLISHMENT.
- CHAPTER XXIX. TOBIAS'S RAPID JOURNEY TO LONDON.
- CHAPTER XXX. MRS. LOVETT'S COOK MAKES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT.
- CHAPTER XXXI. SHOWS HOW TOBIAS GOT TO LONDON.
- CHAPTER XXII. TOBIAS HAS A MIND DISEASED.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. JOHANNA WALKS ABROAD IN DISGUISE.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. FOGG FINDS THAT ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS.
- CHAPTER XXXV. MRS. LOVETT'S NEW LOVER.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. TOBIAS'S MOTHER AWAKENS OLD RECOLLECTIONS.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SEARCH AT TODD'S.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. SIR RICHARD PRIES INTO TODD'S SECRETS.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. THE MYSTERIOUS CUPBOARD.
- CHAPTER XL. CROTCHET ASTONISHES MR. TODD.
- CHAPTER XLI. TODD'S VISION.
- CHAPTER XLII. THE GREAT SACRIFICE.
- CHAPTER XLIII. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
- CHAPTER XLIV. TODD AND THE SILVERSMITH.
- CHAPTER XLV. JOHANNA'S NEW SITUATION.
- CHAPTER XLVI. TOBIAS'S HEART IS TOUCHED.
- CHAPTER XLVII. TOBIAS RECOVERS HIS INTELLECT.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. JOHANNA MAKES A NEW CONFIDANT.
- CHAPTER XLIX. THE VAULTS OF ST. DUNSTAN'S.
- CHAPTER L. THE DESCENT TO THE VAULTS.
- CHAPTER LI. JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.
- CHAPTER LII. TODD'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
- CHAPTER LIII. THE MURDER OF THE USURER.
- CHAPTER LIV. SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S PROGRESS.
- CHAPTER LV. MRS. LOVETT'S WALK.
- CHAPTER LVI. TOBIAS UNBOSOMS HIMSELF.
- CHAPTER LVII. SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S ADVENTURES CONTINUED.
- CHAPTER LVII. BIG BEN MAKES A DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER LVIII. THE GRAND CONSULTATION IN THE TEMPLE.
- CHAPTER LIX. THE PROPOSAL OF ARABELLA.
- CHAPTER LX. TODD FINDS A BOY.
- CHAPTER LXI. TODD RECEIVES SOME STARTLING INTELLIGENCE.
- CHAPTER LXII. TODD CLEARS OFF CIRCUMSTANCES.
- CHAPTER LXIII. JOHANNA STARTS FOR TODD'S.
- CHAPTER LXIV. TODD COMMENCES PACKING UP.
- CHAPTER LXV. A MOONLIGHT VISIT TO ST. DUNSTAN'S VAULTS.
- CHAPTER LXVI. THE COOK'S VISITORS.
- CHAPTER LXVII. THE REVELATIONS IN THE VAULTS.
- CHAPTER LXVIII. RETURNS TO JOHANNA.
- CHAPTER LXIX. TAKES A PEEP AT ARABELLA.
- CHAPTER LXX. RETURNS TO JOHANNA.
- CHAPTER LXXI. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER.
- CHAPTER LXXII. ANOTHER VICTIM.
- CHAPTER LXXIII. STARTLING EVENTS.
- CHAPTER LXXIV. BIG BEN CREATES A SENSATION.
- CHAPTER LXXV. COLONEL JEFFERY OPENS HIS EYES.
- CHAPTER LXXVI. ARABELLA AND THE COLONEL.
- CHAPTER LXXVII. MRS. LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII. MUTUAL DEFIANCE.
- CHAPTER LXXIX. MRS. LOVETT FINDS THAT IN THIS WORLD THERE IS RETRIBUTION.
- CHAPTER LXXX. TODD TAKES A JOURNEY TO THE TEMPLE.
- CHAPTER LXXXI. JOHANNA IS ENCOURAGED.
- CHAPTER LXXXII. TODD PLANS.
- CHAPTER LXXXII. TODD VISITS THE COLONEL
- CHAPTER LXXXIII. TOBIAS IN JEOPARDY.
- CHAPTER LXXXIV. TODD'S WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
- CHAPTER LXXXV. SIR RICHARD MAKES PLANS.
- CHAPTER LXXXVI. TODD RECEIVES TWO EXTRAORDINARY LETTERS, AND ACTS UPON THEM.
- CHAPTER LXXXVII. MR. LUPIN MEDDLES WITH OTHER FOLKS' AFFAIRS.
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII. TODD ASTONISHES MRS. LOVETT'S SPY.
- CHAPTER LXXXIX. MR. OAKLEY IS IN DESPAIR AT THE LOSS OF JOHANNA.
- CHAPTER XC. MORNING IN FLEET STREET AGAIN.
- CHAPTER XCI. MR. TODD'S FIRST CUSTOMERS.
- CHAPTER XCII. MR. OAKLEY'S ANXIETIES MUCH DIMINISH.
- CHAPTER XCIII. SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S SUBTERRANEAN EXPEDITION.
- CHAPTER XCIV. IN THE VAULTS.
- CHAPTER XCV. MRS. LOVETT IS VERY INTRACTABLE INDEED
- CHAPTER XCVI. THE BOAT ON THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER XCVII. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER ON THE THAMES.
- CHAPTER XCVIII. JOHANNA HAS A VISITOR WHILE TODD IS GONE UPON THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER XCIX. THE COOK FEELS THAT ALL THE WORLD NEGLECTS HIM, AND THEN HE GETS A LETTER.
- CHAPTER C. TODD TAKES HIS LAST WALK UP FLEET STREET AND TO BELL YARD.
- CHAPTER CI. TODD MAKES HIMSELF QUITE AT HOME IN BELL-YARD.
- CHAPTER CII. TAKES A SLIGHT GLANCE AT TOBIAS AND HIS INTENDED.
- CHAPTER CIII. MR. LUPIN HAS A SINGULAR INTERVIEW WITH MRS. OAKLEY.
- CHAPTER CIV. MRS. OAKLEY SEES A STRANGE SIGHT, AND THINKS THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
- CHAPTER CV. MRS. OAKLEY ESCAPES, AND TAKES A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THINGS IN GENERAL.
- CHAPTER CVI. MR. LUPIN FINDS HIMSELF IN AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.
- CHAPTER CVII. MRS. OAKLEY DISSEMBLES.
- CHAPTER CVIII. RETURNS TO MRS. LOVETT, AND SHOWS HOW SHE GOT OUT OF THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER CIX. JOHANNA HAS PLENTY OF COMPANY AT TODD'S.
- CHAPTER CX. TODD'S HOUR HAS COME.
- CHAPTER CXI. MRS. LOVETT PLANS.
- CHAPTER CXII. MRS. LOVETT FINDS THAT IT IS EASIER TO PLAN THAN TO EXECUTE.
- CHAPTER CXIII. THE ROUTE TO NEWGATE—MRS. LOVETT'S DANGER FROM THE MOB.
- CHAPTER CXIV. THE COOK WAITS UPON SIR RICHARD BLUNT AND HEARS NEWS.
- CHAPTER CXV. THE COOK BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT PERSONAGE.
- CHAPTER CXVI. JOHANNA IS AMPLY PAID FOR HER BRIEF SERVICE AT TODD'S.
- CHAPTER CXVII. SHOWS HOW MRS. OAKLEY RECONCILED HERSELF TO EVERYBODY AT HOME.
- CHAPTER CXVIII. TAKES A PEEP AT TOBIAS AT THE COLONEL'S HOUSE.
- CHAPTER CXIX. THE CRIMINALS IN NEWGATE.—TODD'S ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
- CHAPTER CXX. A LUNCHEON AT SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S.—THE DOG AND HIS OLD FRIEND.
- CHAPTER CXXI. TODD IS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL, AND EXPECTS THE WORST.
- CHAPTER CXXII. A LARGE PARTY VISITS BIG BEN AND THE LIONS IN THE TOWER.
- CHAPTER CXXIII. THE BEASTS AT THE TOWER.
- CHAPTER CXXIV. RETURNS TO NEWGATE, AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF MRS. LOVETT.
- CHAPTER CXXV. MRS. LOVETT SEES SOME TWILIGHT SPECTRES IN HER CELL.
- CHAPTER CXXVI. SWEENEY TODD IS PLACED UPON HIS TRIAL.
- CHAPTER CXXVII. THE TRIAL OF SWEENEY TODD CONTINUED.
- CHAPTER CXXVIII. TODD'S TRIAL CONTINUES, AND GOES ALL AGAINST HIM.
- CHAPTER CXXIX. THE TRIAL OF SWEENEY TODD CONTINUED.
- CHAPTER CXXX. TODD ENTERTAINS SOME HOPES OF AN ACQUITTAL.
- CHAPTER CXXXI. TODD MAKES AN ATTEMPT UPON HIS OWN LIFE.
- CHAPTER CXXXII. TODD MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE IN NEWGATE, AND TRIES AN ESCAPE.
- CHAPTER CXXXIII. THE PROGRESS OF THE OPERATIONS TO ESCAPE FROM NEWGATE.
- CHAPTER CXXXIV. THE ESCAPE, AND THE RETREAT IN CAEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD.
- CHAPTER CXXXV. THE CHASE THROUGH SMITHFIELD, AND THE MURDER.
- CHAPTER CXXXVI. TODD AND LUPIN ESCAPE TO CAEN WOOD.
- CHAPTER CXXXVII. THE MURDER AT CAEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD.
- CHAPTER CXXXVIII. CAEN WOOD AND HAMPSTEAD IN THE OLD TIMES.
- CHAPTER CXXXIX. THE ADVENTURES IN CAEN WOOD OF THE TWO MURDERERS.
- CHAPTER CXL. SHOWS HOW THE NEWS OF TODD'S ESCAPE WAS RECEIVED BY ALL CONCERNED.
- CHAPTER CXLI. SHOWS HOW TODD MADE UP HIS MIND TO VENGEANCE.
- CHAPTER CXLII. RETURNS TO TODD IN THE WOOD AT HAMPSTEAD.
- CHAPTER CXLIII. TODD TAKES A LOOK AT HIS OLD QUARTERS IN FLEET STREET.
- CHAPTER CXLIV. TODD MAKES HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN HOUSE.
- CHAPTER CXLV. TODD HAS A NARROW ESCAPE, AND HAS A BIT OF REVENGE.
- CHAPTER CXLVI. THERE IS A FIRE IN FLEET STREET AFTER ALL.—TODD ESCAPES.
- CHAPTER CXLVII. SIR RICHARD BLUNT AND CROTCHET COMMENCE THEIR SEARCH FOR TODD.
- CHAPTER CXLVIII. SHOWS HOW TODD HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE INDEED.
- CHAPTER CXLIX. TODD IS IN GREAT PERIL IN THE EARLY MORNING IN LONDON.
- CHAPTER CL. TODD SETS FIRE TO HIS HOUSE, AND THEN HIDES IN THE CHURCH.
- CHAPTER CLI. SHIFTS THE SCENE TO ONE OF QUIET GOODNESS AND SERENITY.
- CHAPTER CLII. TODD HAS SOME FURTHER ADVENTURES IN FLEET STREET.
- CHAPTER CLIII. TODD ASTONISHES THE BEADLE, AND ESCAPES PROM ST. DUNSTAN'S.
- CHAPTER CLIV. DETAILS THE PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE BEADLE.
- CHAPTER CLV. TODD GETS THE BETTER OF THE SHARPERS, AND TAKES A BOAT.
- CHAPTER CLVI. SIR RICHARD BLUNT IS VERY NEAR TAKING HIS PRISONER.
- CHAPTER CLVII. TODD FINDS THAT HE HAS GOT OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE.
- CHAPTER CLVIII. TODD'S FEARFUL ADVENTURES ON THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER CLIX. TODD MAKES A VIGOROUS ATTEMPT TO REACH GRAVESEND.
- CHAPTER CLX. THE POLICE-GALLEY ON THE THAMES.
- CHAPTER CLXI. THE POLICE-GALLEY'S FATE.
- CHAPTER CLXII. ANOTHER BOAT.
- CHAPTER CLXIII. ANOTHER POLICE-GALLEY.
- CHAPTER CLXIV. TODD GOES BACK ON LAND.
- CHAPTER CLXV. TODD HIDES IN A CUPBOARD.
- CHAPTER CLXVI. THE SHIP BOUND FOR HAVRE TAKES A PASSENGER.
- CHAPTER CLXVII. TODD MEETS WITH A LITTLE ROUGH WEATHER IN THE CHANNEL.
- CHAPTER CLXVIII. TODD GETS A WORLD OF MARITIME EXPERIENCE.
- CHAPTER CLXIX. TAKES A PEEP AT SOME FRIENDS OF THE READER.
- CHAPTER CLXX. MARK INGESTRIE RESCUES A SHIPWRECKED MAN.
- CHAPTER CLXXI. A RATHER IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IS MADE.
- CHAPTER CLXXII. THE PURSUIT OF TODD ON THE LONDON ROAD.
- CHAPTER CLXXIII. THE CONCLUSION.
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