dime novel
dime novel — 名詞
1. a cheap paperback book that was sold mainly in the United States from the mid-18
廉價小說
19世紀美國流行的廉價通俗小說
a cheap paperback book that was sold mainly in the United States from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, containing an exciting story of adventure, romance, or mystery
In class, Lotte analysed a dime novel from 1885 about a female detective in New York.
在文學課上，Lotte 分析了一本 1885 年關於紐約女偵探的廉價小說。
dime novel + year + genre context
Selim bought a stack of old dime novels at a garage sale for two dollars.
Selim 在一場車庫拍賣會上用兩美元買了一疊舊廉價小說。
collocation: old dime novel / stack of dime novels
The characters in these cheap dime novels were often brave heroes fighting against cruel villains.
這些廉價小說裡的角色通常是對抗邪惡壞人的勇敢英雄。
Aoi's grandmother kept dime novels from her childhood hidden in a wooden box.
Aoi 的祖母珍藏了一批她小時候的廉價小說，收在一個木盒裡。
Before movies existed, many working-class people read dime novels for entertainment and escape.
在電影出現以前，許多勞動階級的人靠廉價小說來娛樂和抒解壓力。
- pulp novel
broader term that includes later cheap fiction from the 1900s
- penny dreadful
British equivalent from the same time period
- paperback thriller
modern equivalent, but refers to any inexpensive thriller regardless of era
- literary fiction
novels written with serious artistic intent, considered higher quality
文法句型
dime novel as countable noun
用法筆記
Commonly used in historical or literary contexts; the term is less common in everyday speech about modern books. The British equivalent is 'penny dreadful'.