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VARNEY, THE VAMPYRE: OR, THE FEAST OF BLOOD. A Romance.
The String of Pearls (featuring Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of
Fleet Street)
Thomas Preskett (Peckett) Prest (c. 1810-c. 1859) was a British
hack writer, journalist and musician. He was a prolific producer of
penny dreadfuls. He is now remembered as the creator of the
fictional Sweeney Todd, the 'demon barber' immortalized in his The
String of Pearls (1846). He has also been associated with the
authorship of Varney the Vampire (1847). He wrote under pseudonyms
including Bos, a takeoff of Charles Dickens' own pen name, Boz.
Before joining Edward Lloyd's publishing factory, Prest had made a
name for himself as a talented musician and composer. His works
include: The Penny Pickwick (1839) (lampoon of The Pickwick
Papers), The Life and Adventures of Oliver Twiss: Workhouse Boy
(1841) (lampoon of Oliver Twist), The Miller and His Men; or, The
Bohemian Banditti (1831) and The Hebrew Maiden; or, The Lost
Diamond (1841).
Thomas Preskett (Peckett) Prest (c. 1810-c. 1859) was a British
hack writer, journalist and musician. He was a prolific producer of
penny dreadfuls. He is now remembered as the creator of the
fictional Sweeney Todd, the 'demon barber' immortalized in his The
String of Pearls (1846). He has also been associated with the
authorship of Varney the Vampire (1847). He wrote under pseudonyms
including Bos, a takeoff of Charles Dickens' own pen name, Boz.
Before joining Edward Lloyd's publishing factory, Prest had made a
name for himself as a talented musician and composer. His works
include: The Penny Pickwick (1839) (lampoon of The Pickwick
Papers), The Life and Adventures of Oliver Twiss: Workhouse Boy
(1841) (lampoon of Oliver Twist), The Miller and His Men; or, The
Bohemian Banditti (1831) and The Hebrew Maiden; or, The Lost
Diamond (1841).
Thomas Preskett (Peckett) Prest (c. 1810-c. 1859) was a British
hack writer, journalist and musician. He was a prolific producer of
penny dreadfuls. He is now remembered as the creator of the
fictional Sweeney Todd, the 'demon barber' immortalized in his The
String of Pearls (1846). He has also been associated with the
authorship of Varney the Vampire (1847). He wrote under pseudonyms
including Bos, a takeoff of Charles Dickens' own pen name, Boz.
Before joining Edward Lloyd's publishing factory, Prest had made a
name for himself as a talented musician and composer. His works
include: The Penny Pickwick (1839) (lampoon of The Pickwick
Papers), The Life and Adventures of Oliver Twiss: Workhouse Boy
(1841) (lampoon of Oliver Twist), The Miller and His Men; or, The
Bohemian Banditti (1831) and The Hebrew Maiden; or, The Lost
Diamond (1841).
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
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that are true to the original work.
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