G.K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, was an English writer. In 1901, he argued against a common view amongst the middle and upper-classes with his A Defense of Penny-Dreadfuls. The term penny dreadful is less often used today, replaced by terms like pulp fiction, trashy sensational page turners, guilty pleasure entertainment, or low brow fiction. Yet Chesterton felt a need to defend penny dreadfuls amongst his peers. It was common amongst the higher class, particularly philosop

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