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Search works, authors, and publishers in Price One Penny, a database of cheap literature published from 1837 to 1860.
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Price One Penny is a database of cheap literature, mainly penny fiction published from 1837 to 1860. It catalogues early Victorian penny fiction and gives access to surviving copies and bibliographic information. Users can search by title or browse by work, author, publisher, periodical, or library. The site is peer-reviewed and aggregated into NINES. It also includes an electronic edition of "The Mysteries of the Inquisition", which presents a French novel and two English translations, one by George W. M. Reynolds and one by George Peirce.
The site states that it is still being completed and updated after a delay caused by the pandemic, and that a new version is planned. The homepage was last updated on 29 December 2021.
Key features
- Searchable catalogue of penny fiction published from 1837 to 1860
- Search by title or browse by work, author, publisher, periodical, or library
- Information on surviving copies and bibliographic details of listed titles
- Electronic edition of The Mysteries of the Inquisition
- Side-by-side display of the French text and two English translations
- Ability to align all three texts on any segment, plus a static reading version
Best for: Victorianist scholars, book collectors, and researchers of early Victorian popular fiction, including the transmission of French and American popular culture.
Good for
- Peer-reviewed and aggregated into NINES
- Provides citation information for the database
Watch out for
- The database is still being completed and updated, and a new version is planned
- Coverage is limited to penny fiction published from 1837 to 1860
Price One Penny at a glance
- Website
- priceonepenny.info
- Category
- Research & Data › Academic Search
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Penny bloods are novels published either in penny periodicals of varying sizes or in weekly penny numbers, usually comprising eight pages with a woodcut on the first. Serials from periodicals could also be reprinted on their own.
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