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Dime novels were hardly known for their characterization. Plot was king, and the whole point was to be exciting and entertain the newly literate audience. |
Dime novels were hardly known for their characterization. Plot was king, and the whole point was to be exciting and entertain the newly literate audience. |
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The style of storytelling of the dime novel has lived on even today. Cliffhanger movies told essentially the same types of stories as dime novels, and the ''[[ |
The style of storytelling of the dime novel has lived on even today. Cliffhanger movies told essentially the same types of stories as dime novels, and the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' and ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy]]'' movies are essentially the dime novel in big budget form. While our entertainment today is much more sophisticated, there's still a market for low-brow high adventure stories. Heck, even many of today's video games have roots in these. |
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