Penny Dreadfuls, 1866 · page 245 of 276
Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night — page 245: what you’re looking at
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# Victorian Penny Dreadful Page Analysis This is a page of running prose from the middle of a serialized story, with an illustration at the top. The page shows Chapter CXVI (continued) of "Ivan the Terrible; Or, Dark Deeds of Night." The illustration depicts "Roger's Apprentice Encounters a Forger"—showing two men in confrontation, one appearing to threaten the other. The text presents a dialogue in which a character called Will, identifying himself as "Chief Apprentice," interrogates a publican (innkeeper) about the whereabouts of someone named Ivan, who appears to be staying at an establishment called the 'Sol's Arms.' Under threat, the innkeeper reveals that Ivan sleeps in a back room on the first floor and eventually divulges a pass-word ("Booty and Beauty") to gain entry, though reluctantly.
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