Penny Dreadfuls, 1866 · page 389 of 400
Black Bess; or, the Knight of the Road — page 389: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Victorian Penny Dreadful Page Analysis This page from *The Knight of the Road* (1761) combines an illustration with serialized prose fiction. The engraving shows a woman on horseback labeled "Black Bess Leaps the Wall," depicting an apparently dramatic equestrian escape scene with multiple figures. Below appears dialogue and narrative text discussing leaving England and a "secret chamber," with references to safety, law, and someone named Maud. The page concludes with "No. 221—Black Bess" and announces "No. 222 will be Published next Thursday," confirming this is a weekly penny serial installment of melodramatic crime or adventure fiction.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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