penny dreadful

A cheap paperback novel, typically characterized by melodrama, violence, and adventure. Primarily heard in UK. Why waste your time reading penny dreadfuls when you could be reading fine literature?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zion	ZIE-ahn (English)	Jewish, Biblical
Armand	['a:mɔnd]
Maeve	MAYV	Irish, Irish Mythology
Therese	te-RE-zə (German), te-RES (Swedish), tə-REES (English)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Wibo	-	Frisian, Dutch
Zebulon	-	Biblical