„noun historical a cheap, popular novel, typically a melodramatic romance or adventure story.“

Dime Novels ist eine gute Einführung in die, na sagen wir mal Schundliteratur der Vergangenheit, mit Schwerpunkt Amerika.

Zitat: (…) The dime novels were aimed at youthful, working-class audiences and distributed in massive editions at newsstands and dry goods stores. Though the phrase conjures up stereotyped yarns of Wild West adventure, complete with lurid cover illustration, many other genres were represented: tales of urban outlaws, detective stories, working-girl narratives of virtue defended, and costume romances. (…)