• Penny Dreadful Premieres tonight on Showtime. Might be really good. Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, and others unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London. With Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, and Billie Piper. imdb/title/tt2628232/ A penny dreadful (also called penny horrible, penny awful, penny number, and penny blood) was a type of British fiction publication in the 19th century that usually featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, each part costing one (old) penny. The term, however, soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction, such as story papers and booklet libraries. The penny dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed primarily at working class adolescents. From a poetic: I am a self-styled Penny Dreadful. A Spectre Clad Most Perfectly. Spring-Heeled Popeye, to BE sure.
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