Ellen Percy: or, the Memoirs of an Actress
A sensation novel in weekly parts by G. W. M. Reynolds, published in London in 1856 for the cheap serial readership. Wood-engraved half-page plates set costumed figures in drawing rooms and prison cells at moments of fainting, pleading and confrontation, with captions printed below in two columns; useful for Victorian interiors, crinoline and frock-coat silhouettes, and melodramatic gesture.
