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9781907127823

Sweeney Todd The Graphic Novel: Original Text The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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  • ISBN13:

    9781907127823

  • ISBN10:

    1907127828

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-08-07
  • Publisher: Classical Comics
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Summary

No one knows for sure if Sweeney Todd actually existed - but this story, taken from a serialization in a Penny Dreadful from 1846, was the first official record of the terrible crimes committed by the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Gory? No! What's particularly good about this adaptation is that none of the horror is to be seen - making this a truly wonderful version of a brilliant book. This story first appeared in serialized form in 1800s London and gripped the nation. Although there is no explicit record of these events taking place, there is overwhelming anecdotal evidence that Todd existed and that he was the world's worst mass-murderer. A gruesome tale, portrayed with a certain Victorian "twee-ness" that borders on the comical. Featuring beautiful engaging artwork, the book features the entire novel, unabridged (in the original British English), as well as an illustrated Character List (Dramatis Personae), 156 pages of story artwork, and fascinating support material - all beautifully presented in color. An alternative text edition with simplified US dialogue is available in paperback enabling differentiation in the classroom.

Author Biography

Sean Michael Wilson has adapted other books in the Classical Comics series including A Christmas Carol and Wuthering Heights. Declan Shalvey is now a high-demand comic book artist, working on 28 Days Later as well as some Marvel titles. Kat Nicholson and Jason Cardy have colored a number of titles within the Classical Comics range. A Midsummer Night's Dream was their first fully illustrated work. Clive Bryant is the founder of Classical Comics and has served as Editor in Chief for the entire series.

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Excerpts

TODD
Well, gentlemen, shaved, or cut, or dressed, I am at your service; which shall I begin with?

Colonel
It's rather a remarkable circumstance, but this is a very sagacious dog, you see, and he belongs to a friend of ours, who has most unaccountably disappeared.

TODD
Has he, really?
Tobias! – Run to Mr. Philip's, in Cateaton-street, and get me six-penny-worth of preserved figs.

Captain
Has anyone with the appearance of an officer in the navy came to your house?

TODD
Oh! to be sure, he came here, and I shaved him and polished him off.

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