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Format:
Video disc
Title:
Penny dreadful. The complete first season
Other title(s):
Penny dreadful. Season one

Penny dreadful. Season 1
ISBN:
9786315647185
Publication:
Hollywood, California : CBS DVD : Paramount Pictures, [2014]
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs (435 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.

Special features: What is a penny dreadful? ; Literary roots ; Coming together ; The artisans, part 1 and 2 ; The Grand guignol ; Sex and prostitution in the Victorian age ; British exploration & the search for the Nile ; The science of medicine.

DVD release of episodes originally broadcast on television in 2014.
Contents:
Disc one: Night work / directed by J.A. Bayona -- Seance / directed by J.A. Bayona -- Resurrection / directed by Dearbhla Walsh -- Disc two: Demimonde / directed by Dearbhla Walsh -- Closer than sisters / directed by Coky Giedroyc -- What death can join together / directed by Coky Giedroyc -- Possession / directed by James Hawes -- Disc three: Grand guignol / directed by James Hawes -- Special features.
Summary:
An erotically charged, profoundly unsettling new saga that completely reinvents literature's most iconic and terrifying characters. Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein, and timeless figures from Dracula join a core of original characters in a dark and brutal quest to save a soul, even as they grapple with their own monstrous temptations.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Not rated. Contains violence, disturbing content, and gory scenes.
Added Uniform Title:
Container of (work): Penny dreadful (Television program). Season 1.

Container of (expression): Penny dreadful (Television program). Season 1. Spanish.
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