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penny dreadful

story published in weekly parts, each costing one penny
Intangible literary_genre Q3374808
penny dreadful
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penny dreadful

Summary

penny dreadful is a literary genre[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,257 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • penny dreadful's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • penny dreadful is a type of periodical[4].
  • penny dreadful is a type of paraliterature[5].
  • penny dreadful is a type of story paper[6].
  • penny dreadful is a type of serialized fiction[7].
  • penny dreadful's Commons category is recorded as Penny dreadfuls[8].
  • penny dreadful's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Penny dreadfuls[9].
  • penny dreadful's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/penny-dreadfuls[10].
  • penny dreadful's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160502-the-shocking-tale-of-the-penny-dreadful[11].

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Definition and Type

penny dreadful's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include periodical[4], paraliterature[5], story paper[6], and serialized fiction[7].

Why It Matters

penny dreadful ranks in the top 4% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,257 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → periodical, paraliterature, story paper +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Penny dreadfuls
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → literary genre
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533947405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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