Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: An Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts by Yuri Rasovsky

Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: An Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts

Yuri Rasovsky with Martin Jarvis (Narrator), W. Morgan Sheppard (Narrator), Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

2 hours, 20 minutes first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction classics dark medium-paced
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The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. Titled The String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd,...

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Community Reviews Summary of 43 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
mysterious 40%
adventurous 20%

Pace

fast 80%
medium 20%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 50% | Character: 25% | A mix: 25%

Strong character development?

No: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 66% | N/A: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.27

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