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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I really enjoyed The String of Pearls (adapted to the musical Sweeney Todd). It's from the right time frame (1850) but I don't know if a penny dreadful is the same as a sensation novel. |
According to one of the books I'm reading, Mary Elizabeth Braddon wrote for what she called "halfpenny and penny journals" under a pen name. But this was unusual for that time. (Most of those stories have since been reprinted under her name.)
At the time, the markets were considered separate, with the halfpenny and penny journals considered "below" most people. Sigh.
BTW there is a
Mary Elizabeth Braddon Association, and they include a bibliography.