penny dreadful廉价惊险小说

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

What Americans called a dime novel，any inexpensive thrilling tale of war，romance，etc．The penny dreadfuls and dime novels of yesteryear were re placed by pulp novels，which were themselves replaced by cheap paperbacks and television．

美国人称作dime novel，指任何廉价的战争、惊险、爱情故事。此类小说后来被pulp novels(低级黄色小说)代替，而pulp novels又被cheap paperbacks(廉价平装小说)和电视所取代。