Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada Ed.
by Robert Mack
Book Summary Information
Author: Robert MackEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-03
ISBN: 0199543445
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Reviews of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada Ed.
Book Review: Like candy that turned into Broccoli.
Summary: 3 Stars
This book was in my opinion marketed under false pretenses. I did enjoy it, but like a lot of people quickly realized this was not the story we saw in the movies.
It's a chopped and edited story from over a hundred years ago, so right there the structure was hard to identify with. I've read plenty of classics, but I feel that this book was purposely misleading, especially for people who aren't used to this type of stylized writing.
The original story was called 'The String of Pearls'. The relationships between the characters weren't even the same, and I felt that although the story itself was good, I couldn't identify with it.
K.K. Jolliffe
Summary of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada Ed.
A sensational story of murder and pie-making, Sweeney Todd is a classic of British horror writing, widely adapted in print and on stage, most famously by Stephen Sondheim, whose unlikely "musical thriller" won eight Tony awards. This edition offers the original story with all its atmospheric Victorian trimmings. The story of Todd's murderous partnership with pie-maker Margery Lovett--at once inconceivably unpalatable and undeniably compelling--has subsequently set the table 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, combines the story of Todd's grisly method of robbing and dispatching his victims--by way of Mrs. Lovett's meat pies--with a romantic sub-plot involving deception, disguise, and detective work, set against the backdrop of London's dark and unsavory streets. Editor Robert Mack 'fleshes' out the story with a fascinating introduction touching on the origins of the tale, the growth of the legend, and a history of its many retellings. Mack also includes explanatory notes that point out interesting aspects, plus a full chronology of the many versions of Sweeney Todd.Since Sweeney Todd first entered the public imagination in the mid-nineteenth-century, his exploits have chilled and fascinated audiences around the world. This new edition allows modern readers to savor the ghastly original in all its gruesome glory.
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