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    The Penny Dreadfuls MEGAPACK ®: 10 Classic Shockers!
    The Penny Dreadfuls MEGAPACK ®: 10 Classic Shockers!
    The Penny Dreadfuls MEGAPACK ®: 10 Classic Shockers!
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    The Penny Dreadfuls MEGAPACK ®: 10 Classic Shockers!

    By Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker and

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    "Penny Dreadfuls" were a type of British publication in the 19th century that featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, each part costing one penny. The term, however, soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction. The penny dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed at young working class males. Two of the most famous were "Varney the Vampire" (which popularized vampires) and "The String of Pearls" (Sweeney Todd), both of which are included here, alongside other works which share the same gothic horror traditions. Included are:


    FRANKENSTEIN, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    DRACULA, by Bram Stoker

    VARNEY, THE VAMPIRE, by Thomas Preskett Prest

    THE WERE-WOLF, by Clemence Housman

    THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, by Oscar Wilde

    THE MONK, by Matthew Lewis

    THE STRING OF PEARLS, by Thomas Peckett Prest

    THE RING OF THOTH, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, by Robert Louis Stevenson

    THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, by Edgar Allan Poe


    If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 180+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateFeb 25, 2015
    ISBN9781479402557
    The Penny Dreadfuls MEGAPACK ®: 10 Classic Shockers!
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    Mary Shelley

    Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born in 1797, the daughter of two of the leading radical writers of the age. Her mother died just days after her birth and she was educated at home by her father and encouraged in literary pursuits. She eloped with and subsequently married the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, but their life together was full of hardship. The couple were ruined by disapproving parents and Mary lost three of her four children. Although its subject matter was extremely dark, her first novel Frankenstein (1818) was an instant sensation. Subsequent works such as Mathilda (1819), Valperga (1823) and The Last Man (1826) were less successful but are now finally receiving the critical acclaim that they deserve.

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