Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The String of Pearls Author: Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Horror Publisher's Summary: The tale of Sweeney Todd has had many incarnations, most famously the stage and movie musical by Stephen Sondheim. But it all started in 1846 with a serialized telling of the story titled "The String of Pearls" in the weekly magazine "The People's Periodical and Family Library". Called by some a romance, by others a horror story, it is one of the earliest murder mysteries. In "The String of Pearls", Sweeney Todd is less sympathetic than in some of his later incarnations - a perfect villain, totally self-seeking with no redeeming qualities. How the deeds of Todd are uncovered and how he is brought to justice make a most intriguing tale, but one probably not suited for the very young and certainly not for the squeamish. (Summary by John Lieder).