During the last decades of the century, producers and playwrights began to create narratives dealing with social problems, albeit usually on a sensational level.
However, she also wrote sentimental and sensational stories, religious stories, historical novels, adventure, romances, and mysteries, including several with male co-authors.
The term, however, soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction, such as story papers and booklet libraries.
