| 单词 | sensation novel |
| 释义 | > as lemmassensation novel sensation novel n. [compare French roman à sensation (1863)] now historical a novel written to provoke a strong emotional response in the reader, featuring material which is lurid, shocking, or thrilling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > sensational novel or thriller sensation novel1856 penny dreadful1861 dime novel1864 curdler1872 dreadful1874 blood and thunder1876 penny awful1880 shilling dreadful1885 thrill1886 thriller1889 blood1892 terror novel1896 penny horrible1899 spine-thriller1912 roman noir1926 spine-chiller1940 scorcher1942 spine-tingler1942 spine-freezer1960 1856 N.Y. Times 12 Sept. 4 We shall have an opportunity to discover how some of the ‘Sensation novels’..sell, after getting cool. 1951 Economist 17 Nov. 1185/3 Wilkie Collins, master of the sensation-novel. 2015 V. Shea & W. Whitla Victorian Lit. 91/1 The sensation novel as a genre emerged in the 1860s with works by Braddon, Wilkie Collins.., and Charles Reade. < as lemmas |
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