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Thomas Peckett Prest

Born

in The United Kingdom

January 01, 1810

Died

January 01, 1859

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Horror

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Thomas Peckett Prest, also known as Thomas Preskett Prest, was a British hack writer, journalist and musician. He was a prolific producer of penny dreadfuls. He is now remembered as the co-creator with James Malcolm Rymer of the fictional Sweeney Todd, the 'demon barber' immortalized in his The String of Pearls. He has also been associated with the authorship of Varney the Vampire, now more often thought to be the work of Rymer. He wrote under pseudonyms including Bos, a takeoff of Charles Dickens' own pen name, Boz. Before joining Edward Lloyd's publishing factory, Prest had made a name for himself as a talented musician and composer.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 4,802 ratings · 467 reviews · 202 distinct works • Similar authors

	Varney the Vampire, Volume I (Varney the Vampire, #1) 3.03 avg rating — 66 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Varney the Vampire, Volume II (Varney the Vampire, #2) 3.41 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2014 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Varney the Vampire, Volume III; or, The Feast of Blood (Varney the Vampire, #3) 3.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flesh-Ripping Ghouls of London: Murder, Madness & Gore from the Penny Bloods by Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vileroy or The Horrors of Zindorf Castle 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La visita 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capítulo 1 de Varney, el vampiro by Thomas Peckett Prest, Virna Köhle (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Penny Dreadfuls of Thomas Peckett Prest: Varney the Vampire, The String of Pearls, and The Demon of the Hartz by Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gipsy Boy: A Romance of the Woods and Wilds. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brigand, or the Mountain Chief: A Romance liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A cloud swept from off the face of the moon, and a slant ray fell upon the hideous features of the vampire. He looked as if just rescued from some charnel-house, and endowed for a space with vitality to destroy all beauty and harmony in nature, and drive some benighted soul to madness.”
― Thomas Peckett Prest, Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood

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“thence”
― Thomas Peckett Prest, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barner of Fleet Street

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“The world, my good sir, is censorious, and you cannot stop people from saying extremely ill-natured things.”
― Thomas Peckett Prest, Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood

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