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56 relations: A. A. Milne, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Amalgamated Press, Animal Collective, Boys of England, British comics, Broadside (printing), Buffalo Bill, Capitalism, Charles Dickens, Deadwood Dick, Dick Turpin, Dime novel, Doggerel, Fleet Street, Frank Reade, Gothic fiction, Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin), Highwayman, Industrialisation, James Malcolm Rymer, KQED (TV), Literacy, Manga, Nick Carter (literary character), Novel, Pejorative, Penny (British pre-decimal coin), Penny Dreadful (TV series), Public execution, Pulp (paper), Pulp magazine, Sexton Blake, Shilling, Showtime (TV network), Stephen Sondheim, Story paper, Sweeney Todd, The Castle of Otranto, The Monk, The Mysteries of London, The Mysteries of Paris, The String of Pearls, Thomas Peckett Prest, Tim Burton, Trope (literature), Union Jack (magazine), United Kingdom, Vampire, Vampire literature, ..., Varney the Vampire, Victorian era, Winnie-the-Pooh, Woodcut, Working class, World War I. Expand index (6 more) »
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems.
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Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (15 July 1865 – 14 August 1922) was a British newspaper and publishing magnate.
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Amalgamated Press
The Amalgamated Press was a newspaper and magazine publishing company founded by journalist and entrepreneur Alfred Harmsworth in 1901, gathering his many publishing ventures together under one banner.
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Animal Collective
Animal Collective is an American experimental pop band formed in Baltimore, Maryland in 2003.
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Boys of England
Boys of England was a British boys' periodical issued weekly from 1866 to 1899, and has been called "the leading boys' periodical of the nineteenth century".
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British comics
A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips.
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Broadside (printing)
A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only.
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Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman.
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Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based upon private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
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Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.
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Deadwood Dick
Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories, or dime novels, published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854/5–1885).
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Dick Turpin
Richard "Dick" Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.
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Dime novel
The dime novel is a form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century U.S. popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions.
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Doggerel
Doggerel is poetry that is irregular in rhythm and in rhyme, often deliberately for burlesque or comic effect.
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a major street in the City of London.
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Frank Reade
Frank Reade was the protagonist of a series of dime novels published primarily for boys.
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Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance.
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Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin)
The British pre-decimal halfpenny (d) coin, usually simply known as a halfpenny (pronounced), historically occasionally also as the obol, was a unit of currency that equalled half of a penny or of a pound sterling.
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Highwayman
A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers.
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Industrialisation
Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing.
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James Malcolm Rymer
James Malcolm Rymer (1814–1884) was a British nineteenth century writer of penny dreadfuls, and is the co-author with Thomas Peckett Prest of both Varney the Vampire (1847) and The String of Pearls (1847), in which the notorious villain Sweeney Todd makes his literary debut.
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KQED (TV)
KQED, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 30), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States and serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Literacy
Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.
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Manga
are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.
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Nick Carter (literary character)
Nick Carter is a fictional character that began as a dime novel private detective in 1886 and has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century.
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Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.
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Pejorative
A pejorative (also called a derogatory term, a slur, a term of abuse, or a term of disparagement) is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative connotation or a low opinion of someone or something, showing a lack of respect for someone or something.
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Penny (British pre-decimal coin)
The pre-decimal penny (1d) was a coin worth of a pound sterling.
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Penny Dreadful (TV series)
Penny Dreadful is a British-American horror drama television series created for Showtime and Sky by John Logan, who also acts as executive producer alongside Sam Mendes.
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Public execution
A public execution is a form of capital punishment which "members of the general public may voluntarily attend." This definition excludes the presence of a small number of witnesses randomly selected to assure executive accountability.
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Pulp (paper)
Pulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fiber crops, waste paper, or rags.
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Pulp magazine
Pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the 1950s.
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Sexton Blake
Sexton Blake is a fictional character, a detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels and dramatic productions since 1893.
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Shilling
The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries.
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Showtime (TV network)
Showtime is an American premium cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship service of the Showtime Networks subsidiary of CBS Corporation, which also owns sister services The Movie Channel and Flix.
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Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theater.
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Story paper
A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers.
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Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–47).
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The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole.
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The Monk
The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796.
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The Mysteries of London
The Mysteries of London is a "penny blood" or city mysteries novel begun by George W. M. Reynolds in 1844.
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The Mysteries of Paris
The Mysteries of Paris (Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by the French writer Eugène Sue.
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The String of Pearls
The String of Pearls: A Romance is the title of a fictional story first published as a penny dreadful serial from 1846–47.
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Thomas Peckett Prest
Thomas Peckett (or Preskett) Prest (probable dates 1810–1859) was a British hack writer, journalist and musician.
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Tim Burton
Timothy Walter BurtonTim Burton's middle name is cited as Walter by the Museum of Modern Art on its and covering Burton's career as an artist and filmmaker, though it is cited as William by other sources, such as the (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator.
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Trope (literature)
A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.
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Union Jack (magazine)
The Union Jack was a story paper of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Vampire
A vampire is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital force (generally in the form of blood) of the living.
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Vampire literature
Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires.
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Varney the Vampire
Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood is a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story variously attributed to James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne.
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Woodcut
Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking.
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Working class
The working class (also labouring class) are the people employed for wages, especially in manual-labour occupations and industrial work.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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