Penny Dreadfuls and Boys' Adventures

Penny Dreadfuls and Boys' Adventures

Author: Elizabeth James

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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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.


Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful

Author: Laurel Snyder

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0375861696

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From the author of Any Which Wall, comes another story of magic and how it can change you. In Penny Dreadful the magic is small, but the transformation is big. Penelope Grey is a lonely, wealthy child in a nothern big city who, by a twist of fate, becomes Penny: a happy, poor child in the rural south. Rich with unusual and appealing characters, Penny Dreadful asks readers to think about who they really are and what they really want. For fans of Polly Horvath, Lemony Snicket, and Kate diCamillo!


Penny Dreadful causes a Kerfuffle

Penny Dreadful causes a Kerfuffle

Author: Joanna Nadin

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 140956827X

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My name is not actually Penny Dreadful. It is Penelope Jones. The 'Dreadful' bit is my dad's JOKE. But this time I really wasn't trying to be DREADFUL... No. I was just trying to DO MY BEST, so it is completely not my fault that right now I am sort of blueish all over and so is my sister Daisy's swan outfit. And I was also really TRYING TO HELP Joshua Bottomley fall in love with Daisy by doing a science experiment on him, but I did not know that he would just go a bit pale and green and it would all turn into one BIG kerfuffle! Get ready for a taste of destruction with Penny’s third side-splitting trio of troublesome tales! The first book in the Penny Dreadful series, ‘Penny Dreadful is a Magnet for Disaster’, was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize


Penny Dreadful is a Complete Catastrophe

Penny Dreadful is a Complete Catastrophe

Author: Joanna Nadin

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1409568245

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My name is not actually Penny Dreadful. It is Penelope Jones. The 'Dreadful' bit is my dad's JOKE. But it is not even true that I am dreadful... honest. You see, the DISASTER with Rooney, our class rat, might not have been such a DISASTER if it wasn't for Cosmo Moon Webster and his Amazing Maze. AND it is utterly not my fault that the Patented Burglar Trap accidentally tripped Gran over, so her bone went snap. ALSO, I only took Barry the cat to the hospital so he could revive Gran with The Power Of Pets. How was I to know it would be a Complete CATastrophe? Be prepared for three more hilarious tales of mishap, mayhem and misadventure... Penny Dreadful is back! The first book in the Penny Dreadful series, ‘Penny Dreadful is a Magnet for Disaster’, was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize


Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic

Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic

Author: Nicole C. Dittmer

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2023-02-15

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1786839725

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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.


Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys

Author: E. S. Turner

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 0571287883

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E.S. Turner's first book, published in 1948, is a wholly original, richly researched and uncommonly insightful study of a somewhat disreputable genre: the 'Boys' Weekly' papers commonly known as 'penny dreadfuls.' 'A classic of its kind... [Turner] ploughed through back numbers of the old blood-and-thunder adventure magazines specialising in cliffhanger serials; the young hero would be left hanging over a cliff in a totally impossible situation, which would be easily resolved in the next issue: 'With one bound Jack was free.' Social history had never been as much fun or, with three extra printings in its first week - such was the demand - as profitable.' Jonathan Sale, Guardian 'Some people felt that E.S. Turner may have invented a new kind of book - the popular social history, very British, very funny, but written with a glistening elegance.' Andrew O'Hagan, London Review of Books


The Adventures of Penny Dreadful

The Adventures of Penny Dreadful

Author: Rachel Redhead

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-10-21

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0244745293

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Penny Dreadful is a vampire, of the little known Gemini tribe. She is from the small town of Browman, which is located near to the larger university city of Oxrow, home of Charity Michaels and Libby Hall (of Curse-Breaker fame)... Penny gets involved, often against her best interests, in a number of strange and mysterious events. She just wants to survive school, now a fancy academy, and get a few A levels... Penny's sisters, Alison and Catherine are also drawn into the terrors that inhabit the small English town, will they survive the horror... History seems to want her to play a role in the events to come as many different factions are drawn into the spiralling whirlpool of events that could be another end of the world, which is really awful if it happens on a Tuesday...


The Art and Making of Penny Dreadful

The Art and Making of Penny Dreadful

Author: Sharon Gosling

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2015-04-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1783293721

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PENNY DREADFUL is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama. The Showtime TV series was created by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes and stars Josh Hartnett (Sin City), Eva Green (Casino Royale), Billie Piper (Doctor Who) and Timothy Dalton (License to Kill).


Elmer and the Dragon

Elmer and the Dragon

Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 1987-11-12

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 0394890493

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A stand-alone sequel to My Father's Dragon, in which Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon help the king of the canaries find treasure.