Thomas Peckett Prest
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Thomas Peckett Prest (AKA Thomas Preskett Prest) (probable dates 1810-1859) was a British hack writer, journalist and musician. He was a prolific producer of penny dreadfuls. He is now remembered as the creator of the fictional Sweeney Todd, the 'demon barber'. He has also been associated with the authorship of Varney the Vampire, now more often thought to be the work of J. M. 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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The Penny Pickwick (1839) (lampoon of The Pickwick Papers)
The Life and Adventures of Oliver Twiss, Workhouse Boy (1841) (lampoon of Oliver Twist)
David Copperful (a lampoon of David Copperfield)
Nickelas Nicklebery (a lampoon of Nicholas Nickleby)
The String of Pearls: A Romance (1846)
The Maniac Father; or, The Victims of Seduction
Vice and its Victims; or, Phoebe the Peasant's Daughter
