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The String of Pearls; Or The Barber of Fleet Street A Domestic Romance - cover

The String of Pearls; Or The Barber of Fleet Street A Domestic Romance

James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

The String of Pearls is a mysterious novel by Thomas Preskett Prest telling about the adventures of a young lady Johanna Oakley searching for her missing lover Mark, and a demonic barber who keeps a mysterious barber shop of Sweeney Todd, where women are not allowed to enter.
Available since: 11/19/2019.
Print length: 1153 pages.

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