Penny Dreadful has many characters from 19th-century British and Irish fiction .
The series has a plethora of characters who include Reinfeld , Dr. SEward , Mina Harker , Dorian Gray from The Picture of Dorian Gray , and Victor Frankenstein with his monster from Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein all who are characters from the 16th Century .
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