penny dreadfuls
Identification code: 300343816
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Alternative term/s
- dreadfuls
- penny dreadful
- penny-dreadful
- shilling dreadfuls
- shilling shockers
Anotations
Scope note:
A pejorative vernacular term for cheaply produced publications dedicated to sensational or morbid themes. The term is chiefly applied to literature of this type created in Victorian England.
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