Penny Dreadfuls, 1866 · page 3 of 276
Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This is a title page from an 1866 penny dreadful published by Newsagents' Publishing Company in London. The page announces the work "Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night," promising it will be "illustrated with numerous engravings." The sensational subtitle emphasizes lurid nocturnal crime or horror, typical of Victorian melodramatic fiction marketed to working-class readers. The publication details and formal typography are standard for the period's cheap serialized literature.
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IVAN THE TERRIBLE: OR, ~ DARK DEEDS OF NIGHT. ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: | - NEWSAGENTS’ PUBLISHING COMPANY, 147, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1866. COMmMICHOokxsS.Golhnl