Penny Dreadfuls, 1865 · page 127 of 204
Rose Mortimer; Or, The Ballet-Girl's Revenge — page 127: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Page 121 This is an interior page of the penny dreadful *Rose Mortimer; or, The Ballet-Girl's Revenge*. It features a wood-engraved illustration captioned "[An Extraordinary Scene at a Circus]" depicting a dramatic confrontation—a man with a raised whip confronts a woman while onlookers shelter under an umbrella. Below the illustration, prose text describes two adventurers, Clara St. John and Edgar Deville, arriving in England in reduced circumstances, traveling to visit Clara's cousin Lady Bellisle, only to discover a recent death has occurred in the family—an unfortunate timing for their visit.
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