print email comment close Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html Description: A collection of over 8,000 dime novels (referred to as "penny dreadfuls" in England) and story papers (weekly tabloids) popular during the middle to late 19th century in America and England. Contains scanned covers and descriptions of the publications, though a few of the works are available in full text. Features a tour of the print process and a timeline. Browsable and searchable. From Stanford University Libraries. Author: Worthey, Glen Publisher: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Extra Keywords Frank Leslie's Boys of America, Happy Days, Beadle's New York Dime Library, New York Ledger, Saturday Night Library of Congress Subject Headings: Dime novels Popular literature -- United States LII Database Information: Record 87 created by Dana Lubow on 11/15/1999 Last modification on 04/17/2005 Published: 11/15/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/87