Novel
Novel noun - An extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story.
Penny dreadful and novel are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Penny dreadful" with "Novel", this terms are similar.
Penny dreadful
Penny dreadful noun - A melodramatic paperback novel.
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Novel and penny dreadful are semantically related. You can use "Novel" instead a noun phrase "Penny dreadful".
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The dime novel.note The British equivalent of this at the time was known as the Penny Dreadful, and sometimes dime novel stories saw a transatlantic adaptation in the UK.
Source: Dime Novel - The Villain Protagonist of the "penny dreadful" novel Varney the Vampire is full of self-loathing at the evils he commits, and unable to save himself, eventually decides to end his life.
Source: Driven To Suicide / Literature - In the Mage: The Ascension novel Penny Dreadful, this seems to be Penny's favorite way of making the word "witch" from a simple description into an insult.
Source: Witch with a Capital B
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