Bibliograph

Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of fleet street, by anonymous

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Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of fleet street, by anonymous

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Sweeney Todd

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

851096991

Responsibility statement

by anonymous

Sub title

the demon barber of fleet street

Summary

The "penny blood" came into being through a process which began with higher standards of general education and literacy in England at the beginning of the 19th century, and continued with the invention of fast and efficient printing presses and cheap paper production. These combined elements simultaneously created a new, mass market for literature, and fed that market with new, affordable product. The gothic novel, popular amongst a rarefied class of literary readers, duly gave way to sensationalistic, graphic shockers for the masses. The PENNY BLOOD CLASSICS ebook series, which focuses on the "golden age" of the penny bloods, starts with the legendary tale of Sweeney Todd, cut-throat barber of London's Fleet Street. Perhaps inspired by "Horrible Murder And Human Pie-Makers", a gruesome true crime story published in 1825 in The Tell-Tale, and included here as a fascinating bonus story, Todd first appeared in Edward Lloyd's celebrated serial "The String Of Pearls"..

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