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The String of Pearls
by Unknown
The tale of Sweeney Todd has had many incarnations, most famously the stage and movie musical by Stephen Sondheim. But it all started in 1846 with a serialized telling of the story titled “The String of Pearls” in the weekly magazine “The People’s Periodical and Family Library”. Called by some a romance, by others a horror story, it is one of the earliest murder mysteries. In “The String of Pearls”, Sweeney Todd is less sympathetic than in some of his later incarnations – a perfect villain, totally self-seeking with no redeeming qualities. How the deeds of Todd are uncovered and how he is brought to justice make a most intriguing tale, but one probably not suited for the very young and certainly not for the squeamish. (Summary by John Lieder).
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Total running time: 11:41:05
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- 01 – The Strange Customer at Sweeney Todd’s – 00:23:30
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Read by: musil - 02 -The Spectacle Maker’s Daughter – 00:20:45
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Read by: musil - 03 -The Dog and the Hat – 00:23:25
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Read by: musil - 04 – The Pie-shop in Bell Yard – 00:18:29
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Read by: Catharine Eastman - 05 – The Meeting in the Temple – 00:17:29
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Read by: fablis310 - 06 – The Conference, And The Fearful Narration In The Garden – 00:26:45
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Read by: redabrus - 07 – The Barber and the Lapidary – 00:09:17
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 08 – The Thieves’ Home – 00:27:17
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Read by: redabrus - 09 – Johanna At Home, And The Resolution – 00:23:09
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Read by: redabrus - 10 – The Colonel and His Friend – 00:35:57
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Read by: redabrus - 11 – The Stranger at Lovett’s – 00:16:14
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 12 The Resolution Come to By Johanna Oakley – 00:31:32
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Read by: fablis310 - 13 – Johanna’s Interview with Arabella Wilmot, and the Advice – 00:25:30
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Read by: redabrus - 14 – Tobias’s Threat, and its Consequences – 00:10:11
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Read by: HC - 15 – The Second Interview between Johanna and the Colonel in the Temple Gardens – 00:12:42
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 16 – The Barber Makes Another Attempt to Sell the String of Pearls – 00:12:03
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 17 – The Great Change in the Prospects of Sweeney Todd – 00:13:17
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Read by: krithiga - 18 – Tobias Adventures During the Absent of Sweeney Todd – 00:20:42
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Read by: Lucy Burgoyne - 19 – The Strange Odour in Old St. Dunstans Church – 00:15:10
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Read by: Lucy Burgoyne - 20 – Sweeney Todd’s Proceedings Consequent Upon the Departure of Tobias – 00:19:43
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Read by: Lucy Burgoyne - 21 – The Misadventure of Tobias. The Madhouse at Peckham Rye – 00:14:25
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Read by: Lucy Burgoyne - 22 – The Mad-House Cell – 00:13:59
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Read by: Jennifer Stearns - 23 – The New Cook to Mrs. Lovett’s Gets Tired of his Situation – 00:16:32
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Read by: Jason Mayoff - 24 – The Night at the Mad-House – 00:09:37
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 25 – Mr. Fogg’s Story at the Mad-House to Sweeney Todd – 00:37:20
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Read by: John Lieder - 26 – Colonel Jeffery Makes Another Effort to Come at Sweeney Todd’s Secret – 00:20:23
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Read by: Jennifer Stearns - 27 – Tobias Makes an Attempt to Escape from the Mad-House – 00:11:18
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Read by: redabrus - 28 – The Mad-House Yard, and Tobias’s New Friend – 00:10:23
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 29 – The Consultation of Colonel Jeffery with the Magistrate – 00:11:57
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Read by: Jennifer Stearns - 30 – Tobias’s Escape from Mr. Fogg’s Establishment – 00:45:07
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Read by: redabrus - 31 – The Rapid Journey Of Tobias To London – 00:08:04
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Read by: redabrus - 32 – The Announcement in Sweeney Todd’s Window. Johanna Oakley’s Adventure. – 00:09:29
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 33 – The Discoveries in the Vaults of St. Dunstan’s – 00:15:02
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Read by: HC - 34 – Johanna Alone. The Secret. Mr. Todd’s Suspicions. The Mysterious Letter – 00:09:22
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 35 – Sweeney Todd Commences Clearing the Road to Retirement – 00:10:41
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Read by: Jason Mayoff - 36 – The Last Batch of the Delicious Pies – 00:11:53
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Read by: Cori Samuel - 37 – The Prisoner’s Plan of Escape from the Pies – 00:15:45
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Read by: HC - 38 – Sweeney Todd Shaves a Good Customer. The Arrest – 00:14:07
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Read by: M. W. Jackson - 39 – The Conclusion – 00:12:34
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Read by: Aaron Elliott
Cataloged on September 10, 2008
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