What's a shilling shocker?

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What's a shilling shocker?

I think it's a literary term having to do with horror stories or something.

2007-02-23 09:38:45 · 2 answers · asked by hannahloulou 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors

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It was a novel that contained a lot of violence and crime that was very popular during the victorian period in England. They were very popular and cost "one shilling" hence the name.

2007-02-23 15:12:31 · answer #1 · answered by Libby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A cheap sensational novel in the late Victorian era.
Probably related to the "dime novel hidden in the corn-crib" mentioned by Harold Hill in "The Music Man."

2007-02-23 19:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋