Penny Dreadfuls, 1916 · page 5 of 400
Tom Anderson, Dare-Devil: A Young Virginian in the Revolution — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Title Page Analysis This is a **title page** from a Victorian penny dreadful. The visible text reads: **"TOM ANDERSON, DARE-DEVIL"** **"A YOUNG VIRGINIAN IN THE REVOLUTION"** The page appears to be the cover or opening leaf of a serialized story featuring a protagonist named Tom Anderson, characterized as a "Dare-Devil," set during the American Revolutionary War era. The heavily aged, discolored paper with visible foxing and wear is typical of nineteenth-century cheap serial fiction publications. The OCR text is heavily corrupted by the page's condition, but the title remains clearly legible in the image itself.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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