Mysteries of London Vol. I part 1
Author: first_name:  George W. M.
last_name: Reynolds
Language: English
Year: 1846

<i>The Mysteries of London</i> was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England.  The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46, priced at a penny each.  Serialised novels sold in this way were known as Penny Dreadfuls … without any claim to literary greatness, they sought to provide ongoing entertainment for the popular audience.  This book has it all -- vice, poverty, wealth, virtue, in every combination. Consider it a Victorian soap opera.<br />Summary by Cori Samuel.<br