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The way she told it, her life was a fable, a modern penny dreadful.

It sounded like an episode in one those American penny dreadful novels.

All were often serialised in a form that gave rise to the penny dreadful magazines.

His first solo novel, Penny Dreadful, was released in 2007.

In America a version of the penny dreadful became popularly known as a dime novel.

Her second collection, Penny Dreadful, was published in 2008.

Penny Dreadful, an upcoming television series on the Showtime channel.

Horror, in particular, contributed to the epithet "penny dreadful".

Of course no one in his senses would want to turn the so-called penny dreadful into a realistic novel or a Socialist tract.

Penny Dreadful, comic strip about a mischievous girl.

Admittedly the paper is an abomination, a penny dreadful, but it does have a certain zest and life to it.

A penny dreadful is a 19th century British fiction publication that cost a penny.

Polly's sister Penny Dreadful makes an occasional appearance.

A typical "penny dreadful" of the period, it was often translated and much imitated, but unrivaled in its bad eminence.

Garou is the werewolf henchman and husband of Penny Dreadful.

"The Mysteries of London", an 1840s penny dreadful.

Penny Dreadful may also refer to:

Sci fi at its worst is nothing more than cheap thrills - an update on the penny dreadful.

"Penny Dreadful"

"A penny dreadful novel?

Butcher released the album Penny Dreadful.

The Penny Dreadful witch persona is described on the program's website as "an intermingling of light and dark elements.

Lots of tricky numbers, I know, but stick with me, because this is a horror story worthy of a Victorian "penny dreadful".

Strictly speaking, the "penny dreadful" died off by the turn of the century, but this term was still used to refer to story papers throughout their history.

One Eye Grey, a series of penny dreadful booklets for the 21st century is another self-published venture.

Sally Powell distinguishes between these terms, however, and designates "penny bloods" as cheap sensational literature written largely for working-class adults.)

"A Horror Movie for Grown Ups," Penny Blood, 7 (pgs.4-5).

A penny dreadful (also called penny horrible, penny awful, penny number and penny bloodMany people use the term "penny blood" interchangeably with "penny dreadful".

The Mysteries of London, like most of Reynolds' works, was first published as a weekly penny dreadful or 'Penny Blood,' illustrated with lurid engravings and circulating mainly among readers of limited means and education.

Despite the improbable plot, the film proved a critical and commercial success - "an adventure relating the fantasy of popular 'penny bloods' to a credible situation in reality," declared one reviewer, "the story of a schoolboy thriller which comes to life".

As the price and quality of fiction was the same, many of these storypapers also fell under the general definition of Penny Dreadfuls (also known as Penny Bloods or Blood and Thunders in their early days).

The earliest known reference to Charlotte de Berry comes from 1836, two centuries after her birth, when she appeared in Edward Lloyd's History of the Pirates, a "penny dreadful" or "penny blood" - cheap stories with a fairly gory or shocking theme written to entertain the masses.