dime novel

美 [ˈdaɪm nɑːvl]英 [ˈdaɪm nɒvl]

dime novel

noun

NAmE old-fashioned一角钱小说，廉价通俗小说（常为刺激历险或爱情小说）
a cheap popular novel, usually an exciting adventure or romantic story

noun

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Penny dreadfuls and shilling shockers are genres4 similar to the dime novel , which both refer to inexpensive novels of violent adventure or crime that was especially popular in mid-to-late Victorian England .

Pennydreadful和shillingshocker都与dimenovel有类似的意思，二者都指那些维多利亚统指的后后期社会上广为流传的那些内容包含暴力和犯罪的廉价小说。