Penny Dreadfuls, 1866 · page 133 of 276
Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night — page 133: what you’re looking at
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# Ivan the Terrible: A Page from a Victorian Penny Dreadful This page combines a dramatic wood-engraved illustration with running prose from Chapter LXVI of *Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night*. The illustration depicts "Execution of Bob, the Bully" and shows a figure holding a severed head aloft before a crowd. The accompanying text presents dialogue between characters named Red-Jacket, Handsome Ned, and others discussing imminent danger—a stranger warns his companions they face attack from villains, but they refuse to abandon him. The passage ends with mysterious sounds of violence approaching: "the clashing of steel was distinctly heard, then a shriek."
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