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shilling shocker
noun
(Britain,
historical)
A
cheap
paperback
book
produced
for
the
mass
market
in
19th-century
Britain,
often
consolidating
twelve
to
fifteen
episodes
of
a
serial
novel
whose
chapters
had
previously
been
published
separately
as
penny
dreadful
pamphlets.
Shilling
shockers
were
typically
focused
on
the
subjects
of
crime
and
violence
and
were
especially
popular
in
late
Victorian
England.
The
novels
were
rather
short
and
cost
one
shilling.
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