Penny Dreadfuls, 1865 · page 71 of 204
Rose Mortimer; Or, The Ballet-Girl's Revenge — page 71: what you’re looking at
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# Victorian Penny Dreadful Page Analysis This is an interior page of a penny dreadful serial numbered "No. 9," featuring both illustration and running prose. The page shows "The Arrest" — a dramatic engraving depicting a man in dark clothing confronting a young woman in a ballet dress, with onlookers in the background. The text describes Rose, the apparent protagonist, having dropped a key while locked in a room and then conducting a desperate nighttime search for it on the floor, determined to stay awake until morning to recover it before discovery. She is described as having "a great venture at stake" and pursues her "hopeless search" with determined patience.
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