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"The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance." by Rymer et al. is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around Sweeney Todd, a peculiar barber with a dark reputation in Fleet Street, and explores themes of mystery and crime. The character of Todd is central to the narrative, embodying both oddity and menace, leaving readers intrigued by his secretive and sinister dealings. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Sweeney Todd and his apprentice, Tobias Ragg, in the barber's humble shop. Todd's bizarre demeanor quickly becomes evident as he issues aggressive warnings to Tobias, establishing an unsettling tone. A curious customer enters, showcasing the barber's odd fixation with secrecy and fear. Meanwhile, the arrival of a dog belonging to a mysterious man hints at deeper entanglements and potential loss, raising questions about the fate of an absent character named Mark Ingestrie and his beloved, Johanna Oakley. The opening lays the groundwork for a tale filled with intrigue, danger, and a touch of romance, setting the stage for the entangled fates of its characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

• The Project Gutenberg eBook ofThe String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.
• PREFACE.
• CHAPTERI.THE STRANGE CUSTOMER AT SWEENEY TODD'S.
• CHAPTERIITHE SPECTACLE-MAKER'S DAUGHTER.
• CHAPTERIII.A MAN IS LOST.
• CHAPTERIV.THE PIE-SHOP, BELL-YARD.
• CHAPTERVTHE MEETING IN THE TEMPLE.
• CHAPTERVI.THE CONFERENCE, AND THE FEARFUL NARRATION IN THE GARDEN.
• CHAPTERVII.THE BARBER AND THE LAPIDARY.
• CHAPTERVIII.THE THIEVES' HOME.
• CHAPTERIX.JOHANNA AT HOME, AND THE RESOLUTION.
• CHAPTERX.THE COLONEL AND HIS FRIEND.
• CHAPTERXI.THE STRANGER AT LOVETT'S.
• CHAPTERXII.THE RESOLUTION COME TO BY JOHANNA OAKLEY.
• CHAPTERXIII.JOHANNA'S INTERVIEW WITH ARABELLA WILMOT, AND THE ADVICE.
• CHAPTERXIV.TOBIAS'S THREAT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
• CHAPTERXV.THE SECOND INTERVIEW BETWEEN JOHANNA AND THE COLONEL IN THE TEMPLE GARDENS.
• CHAPTERXVI.THE BARBER MAKES ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SELL THE STRING OF PEARLS.
• CHAPTERXIV.THE GREAT CHANGE IN THE PROSPECTS OF SWEENEY TODD.
• CHAPTERXV.TOBIAS'S ADVENTURES DURING THE ABSENCE OF SWEENEY TODD.
• CHAPTERXVI.THE STRANGE ODOUR IN OLD ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH.
• CHAPTERXVII.SWEENEY TODD'S PROCEEDINGS CONSEQUENT UPON THE DEPARTURE OF TOBIAS.
• CHAPTERXVIII.THE MISADVENTURE OF TOBIAS.—THE MAD-HOUSE ON PECKHAM-RYE.
• CHAPTERXIX.THE MADHOUSE CELL.
• CHAPTERXX.THE NEW COOK TO MRS. LOVETT GETS TIRED OF HIS SITUATION.
• CHAPTERXXI.THE NIGHT AT THE MADHOUSE.
• CHAPTERXXII.MR. FOGG'S STORY AT THE MADHOUSE TO SWEENEY TODD.
• CHAPTERXXIV.COLONEL JEFFERY MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT TO COME AT SWEENEY TODD'S SECRET.
• CHAPTERXXV.TOBIAS MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE MADHOUSE.
• CHAPTERXXVI.THE MADHOUSE YARD, AND TOBIAS'S NEW FRIEND.
• CHAPTERXXVII.THE CONSULTATION OF COLONEL JEFFERY WITH THE MAGISTRATE.
• CHAPTERXXVIII.TOBIAS'S ESCAPE FROM MR. FOGG'S ESTABLISHMENT.
• CHAPTERXXIX.TOBIAS'S RAPID JOURNEY TO LONDON.
• CHAPTERXXX.MRS. LOVETT'S COOK MAKES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT.
• CHAPTERXXXI.SHOWS HOW TOBIAS GOT TO LONDON.
• CHAPTERXXII.TOBIAS HAS A MIND DISEASED.
• CHAPTERXXXIII.JOHANNA WALKS ABROAD IN DISGUISE.
• CHAPTERXXXIV.MR. FOGG FINDS THAT ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS.
• CHAPTERXXXV.MRS. LOVETT'S NEW LOVER.
• CHAPTERXXXVI.TOBIAS'S MOTHER AWAKENS OLD RECOLLECTIONS.
• CHAPTERXXXVII.THE SEARCH AT TODD'S.
• CHAPTERXXXVIII.SIR RICHARD PRIES INTO TODD'S SECRETS.
• CHAPTERXXXIX.THE MYSTERIOUS CUPBOARD.
• CHAPTERXL.CROTCHET ASTONISHES MR. TODD.
• CHAPTERXLI.TODD'S VISION.
• CHAPTERXLII.THE GREAT SACRIFICE.
• CHAPTERXLIII.AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
• CHAPTERXLIV.TODD AND THE SILVERSMITH.
• CHAPTERXLV.JOHANNA'S NEW SITUATION.
• CHAPTERXLVI.TOBIAS'S HEART IS TOUCHED.
• CHAPTERXLVII.TOBIAS RECOVERS HIS INTELLECT.
• CHAPTERXLVIII.JOHANNA MAKES A NEW CONFIDANT.
• CHAPTERXLIX.THE VAULTS OF ST. DUNSTAN'S.
• CHAPTERL.THE DESCENT TO THE VAULTS.
• CHAPTERLI.JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.
• CHAPTERLII.TODD'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
• CHAPTERLIII.THE MURDER OF THE USURER.
• CHAPTERLIV.SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S PROGRESS.
• CHAPTERLV.MRS. LOVETT'S WALK.
• CHAPTERLVI.TOBIAS UNBOSOMS HIMSELF.
• CHAPTERLVII.SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S ADVENTURES CONTINUED.
• CHAPTERLVII.BIG BEN MAKES A DISCOVERY.
• CHAPTERLVIII.THE GRAND CONSULTATION IN THE TEMPLE.
• CHAPTERLIX.THE PROPOSAL OF ARABELLA.
• CHAPTERLX.TODD FINDS A BOY.
• CHAPTERLXI.TODD RECEIVES SOME STARTLING INTELLIGENCE.
• CHAPTERLXII.TODD CLEARS OFF CIRCUMSTANCES.
• CHAPTERLXIII.JOHANNA STARTS FOR TODD'S.
• CHAPTERLXIV.TODD COMMENCES PACKING UP.
• CHAPTERLXV.A MOONLIGHT VISIT TO ST. DUNSTAN'S VAULTS.
• CHAPTERLXVI.THE COOK'S VISITORS.
• CHAPTERLXVII.THE REVELATIONS IN THE VAULTS.
• CHAPTERLXVIII.RETURNS TO JOHANNA.
• CHAPTERLXIX.TAKES A PEEP AT ARABELLA.
• CHAPTERLXX.RETURNS TO JOHANNA.
• CHAPTERLXXI.THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER.
• CHAPTERLXXII.ANOTHER VICTIM.
• CHAPTERLXXIII.STARTLING EVENTS.
• CHAPTERLXXIV.BIG BEN CREATES A SENSATION.
• CHAPTERLXXV.COLONEL JEFFERY OPENS HIS EYES.
• CHAPTERLXXVI.ARABELLA AND THE COLONEL.
• CHAPTERLXXVII.MRS. LOVETT VISITS THE BANK.
• CHAPTERLXXVIII.MUTUAL DEFIANCE.
• CHAPTERLXXIX.MRS. LOVETT FINDS THAT IN THIS WORLD THERE IS RETRIBUTION.
• CHAPTERLXXX.TODD TAKES A JOURNEY TO THE TEMPLE.
• CHAPTERLXXXI.JOHANNA IS ENCOURAGED.
• CHAPTERLXXXII.TODD PLANS.
• CHAPTERLXXXII.TODD VISITS THE COLONEL
• CHAPTERLXXXIII.TOBIAS IN JEOPARDY.
• CHAPTERLXXXIV.TODD'S WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
• CHAPTERLXXXV.SIR RICHARD MAKES PLANS.
• CHAPTERLXXXVI.TODD RECEIVES TWO EXTRAORDINARY LETTERS, AND ACTS UPON THEM.
• CHAPTERLXXXVII.MR. LUPIN MEDDLES WITH OTHER FOLKS' AFFAIRS.
• CHAPTERLXXXVIII.TODD ASTONISHES MRS. LOVETT'S SPY.
• CHAPTERLXXXIX.MR. OAKLEY IS IN DESPAIR AT THE LOSS OF JOHANNA.
• CHAPTERXC.MORNING IN FLEET STREET AGAIN.
• CHAPTERXCI.MR. TODD'S FIRST CUSTOMERS.
• CHAPTERXCII.MR. OAKLEY'S ANXIETIES MUCH DIMINISH.
• CHAPTERXCIII.SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S SUBTERRANEAN EXPEDITION.
• CHAPTERXCIV.IN THE VAULTS.
• CHAPTERXCV.MRS. LOVETT IS VERY INTRACTABLE INDEED
• CHAPTERXCVI.THE BOAT ON THE RIVER.
• CHAPTERXCVII.THE ATTEMPTED MURDER ON THE THAMES.
• CHAPTERXCVIII.JOHANNA HAS A VISITOR WHILE TODD IS GONE UPON THE RIVER.
• CHAPTERXCIX.THE COOK FEELS THAT ALL THE WORLD NEGLECTS HIM, AND THEN HE GETS A LETTER.
• CHAPTERC.TODD TAKES HIS LAST WALK UP FLEET STREET AND TO BELL YARD.
• CHAPTERCI.TODD MAKES HIMSELF QUITE AT HOME IN BELL-YARD.
• CHAPTERCII.TAKES A SLIGHT GLANCE AT TOBIAS AND HIS INTENDED.
• CHAPTERCIII.MR. LUPIN HAS A SINGULAR INTERVIEW WITH MRS. OAKLEY.
• CHAPTERCIV.MRS. OAKLEY SEES A STRANGE SIGHT, AND THINKS THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
• CHAPTERCV.MRS. OAKLEY ESCAPES, AND TAKES A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THINGS IN GENERAL.
• CHAPTERCVI.MR. LUPIN FINDS HIMSELF IN AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.
• CHAPTERCVII.MRS. OAKLEY DISSEMBLES.
• CHAPTERCVIII.RETURNS TO MRS. LOVETT, AND SHOWS HOW SHE GOT OUT OF THE RIVER.
• CHAPTERCIX.JOHANNA HAS PLENTY OF COMPANY AT TODD'S.
• CHAPTERCX.TODD'S HOUR HAS COME.
• CHAPTERCXI.MRS. LOVETT PLANS.
• CHAPTERCXII.MRS. LOVETT FINDS THAT IT IS EASIER TO PLAN THAN TO EXECUTE.
• CHAPTERCXIII.THE ROUTE TO NEWGATE—MRS. LOVETT'S DANGER FROM THE MOB.
• CHAPTERCXIV.THE COOK WAITS UPON SIR RICHARD BLUNT AND HEARS NEWS.
• CHAPTERCXV.THE COOK BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT PERSONAGE.
• CHAPTERCXVI.JOHANNA IS AMPLY PAID FOR HER BRIEF SERVICE AT TODD'S.
• CHAPTERCXVII.SHOWS HOW MRS. OAKLEY RECONCILED HERSELF TO EVERYBODY AT HOME.
• CHAPTERCXVIII.TAKES A PEEP AT TOBIAS AT THE COLONEL'S HOUSE.
• CHAPTERCXIX.THE CRIMINALS IN NEWGATE.—TODD'S ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
• CHAPTERCXX.A LUNCHEON AT SIR RICHARD BLUNT'S.—THE DOG AND HIS OLD FRIEND.
• CHAPTERCXXI.TODD IS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL, AND EXPECTS THE WORST.
• CHAPTERCXXII.A LARGE PARTY VISITS BIG BEN AND THE LIONS IN THE TOWER.
• CHAPTERCXXIII.THE BEASTS AT THE TOWER.
• CHAPTERCXXIV.RETURNS TO NEWGATE, AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF MRS. LOVETT.
• CHAPTERCXXV.MRS. LOVETT SEES SOME TWILIGHT SPECTRES IN HER CELL.
• CHAPTERCXXVI.SWEENEY TODD IS PLACED UPON HIS TRIAL.
• CHAPTERCXXVII.THE TRIAL OF SWEENEY TODD CONTINUED.
• CHAPTERCXXVIII.TODD'S TRIAL CONTINUES, AND GOES ALL AGAINST HIM.
• CHAPTERCXXIX.THE TRIAL OF SWEENEY TODD CONTINUED.
• CHAPTERCXXX.TODD ENTERTAINS SOME HOPES OF AN ACQUITTAL.
• CHAPTERCXXXI.TODD MAKES AN ATTEMPT UPON HIS OWN LIFE.
• CHAPTERCXXXII.TODD MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE IN NEWGATE, AND TRIES AN ESCAPE.
• CHAPTERCXXXIII.THE PROGRESS OF THE OPERATIONS TO ESCAPE FROM NEWGATE.
• CHAPTERCXXXIV.THE ESCAPE, AND THE RETREAT IN CAEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD.
• CHAPTERCXXXV.THE CHASE THROUGH SMITHFIELD, AND THE MURDER.
• CHAPTERCXXXVI.TODD AND LUPIN ESCAPE TO CAEN WOOD.
• CHAPTERCXXXVII.THE MURDER AT CAEN WOOD, HAMPSTEAD.
• CHAPTERCXXXVIII.CAEN WOOD AND HAMPSTEAD IN THE OLD TIMES.
• CHAPTERCXXXIX.THE ADVENTURES IN CAEN WOOD OF THE TWO MURDERERS.
• CHAPTERCXL.SHOWS HOW THE NEWS OF TODD'S ESCAPE WAS RECEIVED BY ALL CONCERNED.
• CHAPTERCXLI.SHOWS HOW TODD MADE UP HIS MIND TO VENGEANCE.
• CHAPTERCXLII.RETURNS TO TODD IN THE WOOD AT HAMPSTEAD.
• CHAPTERCXLIII.TODD TAKES A LOOK AT HIS OLD QUARTERS IN FLEET STREET.
• CHAPTERCXLIV.TODD MAKES HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN HOUSE.
• CHAPTERCXLV.TODD HAS A NARROW ESCAPE, AND HAS A BIT OF REVENGE.
• CHAPTERCXLVI.THERE IS A FIRE IN FLEET STREET AFTER ALL.—TODD ESCAPES.
• CHAPTERCXLVII.SIR RICHARD BLUNT AND CROTCHET COMMENCE THEIR SEARCH FOR TODD.
• CHAPTERCXLVIII.SHOWS HOW TODD HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE INDEED.
• CHAPTERCXLIX.TODD IS IN GREAT PERIL IN THE EARLY MORNING IN LONDON.
• CHAPTERCL.TODD SETS FIRE TO HIS HOUSE, AND THEN HIDES IN THE CHURCH.
• CHAPTERCLI.SHIFTS THE SCENE TO ONE OF QUIET GOODNESS AND SERENITY.
• CHAPTERCLII.TODD HAS SOME FURTHER ADVENTURES IN FLEET STREET.
• CHAPTERCLIII.TODD ASTONISHES THE BEADLE, AND ESCAPES PROM ST. DUNSTAN'S.
• CHAPTERCLIV.DETAILS THE PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE BEADLE.
• CHAPTERCLV.TODD GETS THE BETTER OF THE SHARPERS, AND TAKES A BOAT.
• CHAPTERCLVI.SIR RICHARD BLUNT IS VERY NEAR TAKING HIS PRISONER.
• CHAPTERCLVII.TODD FINDS THAT HE HAS GOT OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE.
• CHAPTERCLVIII.TODD'S FEARFUL ADVENTURES ON THE RIVER.
• CHAPTERCLIX.TODD MAKES A VIGOROUS ATTEMPT TO REACH GRAVESEND.
• CHAPTERCLX.THE POLICE-GALLEY ON THE THAMES.
• CHAPTERCLXI.THE POLICE-GALLEY'S FATE.
• CHAPTERCLXII.ANOTHER BOAT.
• CHAPTERCLXIII.ANOTHER POLICE-GALLEY.
• CHAPTERCLXIV.TODD GOES BACK ON LAND.
• CHAPTERCLXV.TODD HIDES IN A CUPBOARD.
• CHAPTERCLXVI.THE SHIP BOUND FOR HAVRE TAKES A PASSENGER.
• CHAPTERCLXVII.TODD MEETS WITH A LITTLE ROUGH WEATHER IN THE CHANNEL.
• CHAPTERCLXVIII.TODD GETS A WORLD OF MARITIME EXPERIENCE.
• CHAPTERCLXIX.TAKES A PEEP AT SOME FRIENDS OF THE READER.
• CHAPTERCLXX.MARK INGESTRIE RESCUES A SHIPWRECKED MAN.
• CHAPTERCLXXI.A RATHER IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IS MADE.
• CHAPTERCLXXII.THE PURSUIT OF TODD ON THE LONDON ROAD.
• CHAPTERCLXXIII.THE CONCLUSION.
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