A complete issue · 4 pages · 1899
The Argosy, Vol. LXVIII
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1899 — all 4 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
About this issue
This volume of The Argosy (May-August 1899) contains primarily serial fiction and miscellaneous stories. The major serial is L. Alldridge's "The Tower Gardens," spanning chapters XVI-XXXI, which involves characters including Jessie navigating London locations—the City, Trinity Monday, a tower subway, and Catherine Court—with plot points addressing retribution and romantic tension ("Jessie on tip-toes," "Soon?"). Lady Margaret Majendie contributes the serial "Broken Ideals" (chapters V-XXII). Additional fiction includes Charles W. Wood's "Elizabeth of Heidelberg" and related pieces on German settings, John Ayscough's "A New Curiosity Shop," and stories by Edith Gray Wheelwright, C.E. Meetkerke, and others. Content spans romance, domestic drama, and travel narratives. The issue includes substantial poetry contributions and non-fiction essays on topics including Alexander Pushkin, Heidelberg history, and contemporary social institutions. Illustrations accompany major serials and travel pieces.
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