Tyburn Tree, Or The Mysteries of the Past

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Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Tyburn Tree, Or The Mysteries of the Past

Tyburn Tree, Or The Mysteries of the Past PDF Author:
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Pages : 108

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Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic

Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic PDF Author: Nicole C. Dittmer
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786839717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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• Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic uncovers neglected Gothic texts of the nineteenth century which are crucial in understanding working-class popular culture. • The approach of this study of penny dreadfuls is vast and eclectic, ranging from data-driven publication data to close textual analysis of these texts to adaptations of penny fiction. • This title covers a broad range of penny texts, some of which have never before been written on.

A Gothic Bibliography

A Gothic Bibliography PDF Author: Montague Summers
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
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Languages : en
Pages : 688

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Bob Smith's Clown Song and Joke Book

Bob Smith's Clown Song and Joke Book PDF Author: Bob SMITH (Humorist.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Victorian England's Bestselling Author

Victorian England's Bestselling Author PDF Author: Stephen Basdeo
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399015753
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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George W.M. Reynolds (1814–79) was one of the biggest-selling novelists of the Victorian era. He was the author of over 58 novels and short stories and his “penny blood” The Mysteries of London, serialised in weekly numbers between 1844 and 1848, sold over a million copies. A controversial figure in his lifetime, Reynolds’s Mysteries, and its follow-up The Mysteries of the Court of London (1849–56), contained tales of crime, vice, and highly sexualised scenes. For this reason Charles Dickens remarked that Reynolds’s name was one “with which no lady’s, and no gentleman’s, should be associated.” Yet Reynolds was much more than just a novelist; he was lauded by the working classes as their champion and campaigned for universal suffrage. To further the working classes’ cause, he established two newspapers: Reynolds’s Political Instructor and Reynolds’s Weekly Newspaper. The latter newspaper, as Karl Marx recognized, became the principal organ of radical and labour politics. This book provides a biography of Reynolds and reproduces his editorials from Reynolds’s Political Instructor as well as excerpts from his fiction.

Violent Victorians

Violent Victorians PDF Author: Rosalind Crone
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 184779470X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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By drawing attention to the wide range of gruesome, bloody and confronting amusements patronised by ordinary Londoners this book challenges our understanding of Victorian society and culture. From the turn of the nineteenth century, graphic, yet orderly, ‘re-enactments’ of high level violence flourished in travelling entertainments, penny broadsides, popular theatres, cheap instalment fiction and Sunday newspapers. This book explores the ways in which these entertainments siphoned off much of the actual violence that had hitherto been expressed in all manner of social and political dealings, thus providing a crucial accompaniment to schemes for the reformation of manners and the taming of the streets, while also serving as a social safety valve and a check on the growing cultural hegemony of the middle class.

The Sketch

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Languages : en
Pages : 802

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The Publishers' Trade List Annual

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Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1972

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Penny Dreadfuls and Other Victorian Horrors

Penny Dreadfuls and Other Victorian Horrors PDF Author: Michael Anglo
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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Penny Dreadfuls and Boys' Adventures

Penny Dreadfuls and Boys' Adventures PDF Author: Elizabeth James
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Penny dreadfuls - sensational stories published in weekly parts - were an important feature of Victorian popular literature. They were often anonymous, and inspired by the melodramas of the day. This is the catalogue of a comprehensive collection bequeathed by music-hall performer Barry Ono.