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Almagro & Claude [Supplemental Material], Wendy Fall

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Secret Tribunal, The [Supplemental Material], Nora Leinen

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Ruins Of The Abbey Of Fitz-Martin [Supplemental Material], Jennifer Lunde

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Oakcliffe Hall [Supplemental Material], Wendy Fall

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Vindictive Monk, The [Supplemental Material], Danielle Clapham

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Fatal Jealousy [Supplemental Material], Sarah Crompton

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Monkish Mysteries [Supplemental Materials], Nora Leinen

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Inkle And Yarico [Supplemental Materials], Kate Barnhart

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Horatio And Camilla [Supplemental Material], Ian Dejong

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History Of Zoa [Supplemental Materials], Emily Workman

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Henrietta De Bellgrave [Supplemental Material], Emily Workman

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Mysterious Murder [Supplemental Materials], Danielle Clapham

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Knight Of The Broom Flower [Supplemental Materials], Ian Dejong

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Father Innocent [Supplemental Material], Wendy Fall

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Tales Of Wonder [Supplemental Material], Bridget Kapler

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Eliza, Or The Unhappy Nun [Supplemental Material], Heather Noble

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Rival Knights, The; Or, The Fortunate Woodlander [Supplemental Material], Bridget Kapler

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Mystery Of The Black Convent [Supplemental Materials], Sunil Macwan

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Ethelred & Lidania [Supplemental Material], Heather Noble

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Memoirs Of Angelique [Supplemental Material], Sarah Thompson

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Courville Castle [Supplemental Material], Sarah Thompson

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History Of Nicolas Pedrosa [Supplemental Material], Kathryn Hendrickson

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Priory Of St. Clair [Supplemental Material], Kathryn Hendrickson

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The Mysteries Of A London Convent [Transcript], William H. Hillyard

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Published in The London Miscellany and written by William Heard Hillyard (1811-1870), this 22 chapter story must have been considered a guaranteed blockbuster with the newspaper’s intended reading audience.

The Mysteries of a London Convent relies most immediately on the sensational categories that we saw delineated in The Mysteries of the Inquisition, as well as another and earlier penny dreadful production with an almost identical plot, Smiff’s The New Mysteries of London (1858), written in imitation of Reynolds’s blockbuster The Mysteries of London (1844-48).

Priory Of St. Clair; Or Spectre Of The Murdered Nun. A Gothic Tale [Transcript], Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson

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The Archbishop of Rouen had the ability to pardon a condemned criminal once a year. One such pardon was that of Lewis Chabot, Count de Valvé.

Intrigued by an overheard conversation, Lewis goes to the Priory of St. Clair where he witnessed Julietta reluctantly making her nun's vows. He is unable to forget her, so bribes the under gardener, Alexis, to carry letters proclaiming his passion and desire to free her from the nunnery. Julietta refuses him.

Lewis then procures a potent liquor that will, when drunk, simulate death. Julietta drinks it unknowingly and Alexis and Lewis carry away the …

The Mysterious Murder; Or, The Usurper Of Naples: An Original Romance. To Which Is Prefixed, The Nocturnal Assassin; Or, Spanish Jealousy., Isaac Crookenden

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Estaphana, daughter Lusigni, and Belfoni fall in love. When Estaphana tells her father, however, Lusigni is notably averse to the match. Instead, Lusigni arranges for Estaphana to marry the Duke de Savelli. When Estaphana objects the Duke kidnaps her and takes her to a castle tended by an old servant, Jacquilina and her husband. In the meantime, Lusigni catches Belfoni outside his home imprisons him in a secret dungeon.

Locked in the Duke’s castle, Estaphana is visited by the Duke who attempts to rape her. Fortunately, Jacqulina bursts in and reveals that Estaphana is the Duke’s daughter, proven by a …

The Nun, Or Memoirs Of Angelique; A Tale [Transcript], Unknown

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The Nun, or Memoirs of Angelique; A Tale begins as the written memoirs of Angelique. A young noblewoman, Angelique loves her cousin Ferdinand. However, when Angelique’s family’s fortune seems to have been lost at sea, Angelique’s father rashly vows that his daughter will become a nun should his ships safely return. When the ships return, Angelique is sent to a convent, where she takes her vows. Soon thereafter, Ferdinand sneaks into the convent dressed as a novitiate, and he quickly persuades Angelique to elope with him. After a midnight wedding, Angelique and Ferdinand escape the convent through a secret passageway. …

Inkle And Yarico; Or, Love In A Cave. An Interesting Tale., Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson

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Narcissa Curry and Thomas Inkle are informed in the beginning of the story that they are engaged to be married. In England, Thomas is happy to hear of his impending marriage, while Narcissa mourns in Barbadoes because of her love of Captain Campley. Enroute to Barbadoes, Thomas’ ship crashes in the Americas and all the passengers are killed by Indians except him and his servant, Trudge. They are rescued by the beautiful Indians Yarico and Woski. Thomas and Yarico fall in love and decide to return to England together. Two events are triggered by Thomas’s arrival in Barbados enroute to …

The White Pilgrim; Or, Castle Of Olival: An Interesting And Affecting Tale, Founded On Singular Facts. Translated From That Highly-Popular French Novel, Le Pelerin Blanc, Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson

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While Count Horatio Castelli is away from home, he receives a letter informing him that his wife, Amabel, has gone missing. Castelli and his friend, Count Vassali, return to Castelli’s hamlet, Olival, only to find out from Aambel’s servant, Theresa, that Amabel had been in a secret correspondence and that she seems to have left voluntarily. Castelli and his three children go to live on Vassali’s villa for two years before returning to Olival. Shortly after returning to Olival, Castelli receives a letter to meet Vassali in London and goes. Vassali brings Castelli to see Theresa, the old servant of …

The Vindictive Monk Or The Fatal Ring [Transcript], Isaac Crookenden

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Calini discovers he is a foundling, abandoned as an infant with a ring left among his. The story continues with Calini as an adult, returning from the home of his beloved, Alexa. Calini is suddenly taken hostage and locked in a dungeon by Sceloni, a monk. It is later discovered that Calni’s kidnapping is a plot by Signor Holbruzi to steal Alexa. The plot was to kill Calini, but Sceloni chooses to secretly imprison Calini instead. Holbruzi pursues Alexa. He is unsuccessful, as Alexa remains devoted to Calini. Frustrated in his attempts, Holbruzi demands that Sceloni kidnap Alexa and bring …