The dime novel is a form of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions. The catchall term also covers related formats such as story papers, low-cost weeklies and reprinted collections, comparable to the British penny dreadfuls produced during the same era.
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Place of OriginUnited States, where publishers Erastus and Irwin Beadle released the first Beadle's Dime Novels series in 1860. 1 Notable ExampleMalaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter by Ann S. Stephens, dated June 9, 1860, was the first title in Beadle's Dime Novels. 1 Defining TraitA form of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions, priced at ten cents. 1 Connections
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The dime novel is a form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century American popular fiction
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form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century American popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions
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Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter, by Ann S. Stephens, dated June 9, 1860
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In 1860, the publishers Erastus and Irwin Beadle released a new series of cheap paperbacks, Beadle's Dime Novels.
In Group: Cheap Serial and Sensational Fiction, Lead paragraph
issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions
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