Category Archives: Crime stories

Newgate calendar

Genre of publications chronicling the crimes and punishments of notorious criminals.

Newgate novel

Early form of sensation literature, drawing its inspiration from the Newgate Calendar, first published in 1773 and containing biographies of famous criminals.

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