Penny Dreadfuls, 1866 · page 37 of 276
Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night — page 37: what you’re looking at
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# A Page from "Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night" This is an illustrated page from Chapter XVI (continued) of a Victorian penny dreadful. The large engraving shows "The Apparition" (labeled as No. 7), depicting a dramatic supernatural encounter: a bearded man and woman confront a ghostly figure near a tower, with a cherub-like child visible. The running text describes a king hesitating at a mysterious threshold, urged by a sepulchral voice to enter a dark passage in search of a beautiful woman. He declares his love and crosses the threshold, whereupon a door suddenly slams shut. The prose emphasizes suspense, the supernatural, and melodramatic passion typical of the genre.
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