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
Natalia	nah-TAH-lyah (Polish, Italian, Spanish)	Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Georgian, Late Roman
Cece	SEE-see	English
Emmanouel	-	Biblical Greek
Iwona	ee-VAW-nah	Polish
Braden	BRAY-dən	English, Irish
Darijus	-	Lithuanian