Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the 19th century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, [1] and penny blood. [2] The term typically referred to a story published in weekly parts of 8 to 16 pages, each costing one penny. [3] More @Wikipedia
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