ISBN: 9780191607820

'Ladies and Gentlemen...I have to state that Mrs Lovett's pies are made of human flesh!'This shocking announcement provides the stunning dénouement to a narrative first published over a … Mehr…

'Ladies and Gentlemen...I have to state that Mrs Lovett's pies are made of human flesh!'This shocking announcement provides the stunning dénouement 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 thesubstance for a seemingly endless series of successful dramatic adaptations, popular songs and ballads, novellas, radio plays, graphic novels, ballets, films, and musicals.Both gleeful and ghoulish, the original tale of Sweeney Todd, first published under the title The String of Pearls, is an earlyclassic 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.; EPUB; Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction, OUP Oxford<

ISBN: 9780191607820

The notorious career of Sweeney Todd, the 'Demon Barber' of London's Fleet Street, and his partnership with pie-maker Mrs Lovett, has been endlessly retold in print, on stage and in film.… Mehr…

The notorious career of Sweeney Todd, the 'Demon Barber' of London's Fleet Street, and his partnership with pie-maker Mrs Lovett, has been endlessly retold in print, on stage and in film. This is an authoritative edition of the original 1846-7 story, with lively introduction on its history and reputation.; EPUB; Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction, OUP Oxford<

ISBN: 9780191607820

Sweeney Todd ab 3.49 € als epub eBook: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen, Medien > Bücher, OUP Oxford

2007, ISBN: 9780191607820

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, eBook Download (EPUB), eBooks, [PU: OUP Oxford]

2007, ISBN: 9780191607820

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: OUP Oxford], OUP Oxford, 2007