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Penny Dreadful

Network
Showtime
Genre
Horror
Premiered
11 May, 2014
Penny Dreadful

Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to a story published in weekly parts of 8 to 16 pages, each costing one penny. The subject matter of these stories was typically sensational, focusing on the exploits of detectives, criminals, or supernatural entities. First published in the 1830s, penny dreadfuls featured characters such as Sweeney Todd, Dick Turpin and Varney the Vampire. The Guardian described penny dreadfuls as "Britain's first taste of mass-produced popular culture for the young." While the term "penny dreadful" was originally used in reference to a specific type of literature circulating in mid-Victorian Britain, it came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction, such as story papers and booklet "libraries".

关于Penny Dreadful

An explorer, a gunslinger, a scientist, and a medium fight the supernatural in London. The show ran for three seasons and aired a total of 27 episodes.

Penny Dreadful的成就

The series won a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2014 for Most Exciting New Series. Stephen Lord and Shazad Latif both guest starred on the show. 

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Periodicals.. Penny dreadfuls.. 19th-century British literature.. Pulp fiction.. Horror genres.. British culture.

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