57: The Sensation Novel

Words To That Effect by HeadStuff Podcasts & Conor Reid

Feb 22, 202234:05Arts

Sensation fiction was a hugely popular genre in the 1860s. The novels were sensationally popular, but they also caused a sensation, with their plots of bigamy and murder, forgery and blackmail. In so many ways the influe...

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