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Originally Posted by DNSB
I suspect Penny Dreadful would be the genre by today's standards. Another "genre" before the penny bloods was the horrid novels. At least one of which has survived to this day. Perhaps a discussion of whether or not that by today's standards, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is science fiction?
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Penny Dreadful isn't a genre unto itself. It was a format that published works in various genres.
The one that I read, A String of Pearls/Sweeney Todd would be crime or maybe horror.