Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful, whose masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain. Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful, whose masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain. : Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful, whose masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain.