The String of Pearls

James Malcolm Rymer's "The String of Pearls" is a quintessential work of 19th-century Gothic horror, that intricately weaves together themes of morality, revenge, and the macabre. Set in the shadowy streets of Victorian London, the narrative revolves around the infamous character Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who perpetrates a gruesome series of murders. Rymer employs a serialize...