Penny Dreadfuls, 1865 · page 31 of 204
Rose Mortimer; Or, The Ballet-Girl's Revenge — page 31: what you’re looking at
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# Page Description This is an illustrated page from a Victorian penny dreadful serial. It features a woodcut engraving captioned "THE HAG AND HER VICTIM" depicting a dramatic confrontation between two figures in an interior setting. Below the illustration runs serialized prose dialogue in which a man restrains a woman named Rose, who desperately struggles to escape. He offers to help her escape from "the count" on the condition that she remain with him instead, declaring his love. Rose, terrified, pushes him away with disdain. The page is numbered 25 and labeled "No. 4," indicating this is part four of the serial installment.
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