The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vileroy or The Horrors of Zindorf Castle, Jack Harkaway and His Son's Adventures in Australia, and Dracula's Guest.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue. The magazine's editors feared the story was indecent as submitted, so they censored roughly 500 words, without Wilde's knowledge, before publication. However, even with that, the story was still greeted with outrage by British reviewers, some of whom suggested that Wilde should be prosecuted on moral grounds, leading Wilde to defend the novel aggressively in letters to the British press. Today, Wilde's fin de siècle novella is considered a classic. It is presented here with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Wilde's one-time friend with whom he fell out over Salome. Included is a high definition copy of the original Lippincott's Magazine cover from July 1890.

Vileroy or The Horrors of Zindorf Castle. This gothic thriller from Thomas Peckett Prest, the creator of Sweeney Toddwas a wildly popular serial in the 1850s, outselling works by Dickens and Thackeray. All the tropes of the penny dreadful are here: a Gothic romance, replete with incidents of physical and psychological terror; remote, crumbling castles; seemingly supernatural events; a brooding, scheming villain; and, of course, a persecuted heroine.

Jack Harkaway and his Son's Adventures in Australia. Jack Harkaway first appeared in the penny magazine Boys of England in 1871 and was an instant hit. The Harkaway titles - which came out in penny parts as well as magazines - were pirated in America and by 1872 the character created by writer Bracebridge Hemyng had become a household name around the world. Young men loved reading about globe-trotting adventurer Jack Harkaway's shenanigans in stories like 'Jack Harkaway Afloat and Ashore,' 'Jack Harkaway in America and Cuba,' 'Jack Harkaway at Oxford' and 'Jack Harkaway's Adventures in China.' There were fifteen stories in all, and for a decade the world was enthralled. Long since out of print, the Penny Dreadful Series is introducing Jack Harkaway and his son to a new generation of readers.

Dracula's Guest.This short story by Bram Stoker was published posthumously by Stoker's widow in 1914, two year's after the author's death and is a must read for any vampire aficionado.

*Over 50 beautiful period illustrations.
*Includes essays "What is a Penny Dreadful?" and "Who wrote Vileroy?"

This book series is not affiliated with Showtime Networks' television series 'Penny Dreadful.'

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