melodrama
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Had Brontë survived past 30, she might have worked yet-greater literary marvels, but as it is she left us with “Wuthering Heights,” a bravura work of melodrama published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Who is the most dedicated viewer of this monetary melodrama?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
So even after the past week, a leadership melodrama seems far from certain.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
I did not want to make something that was morose or a melodrama.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
A photograph from his late middle years shows him as gaunt and sinister, like the villain in a Victorian melodrama, with long, lank hair and bulging eyes–a face to frighten babies.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing melodrama
Drama Terminology
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Literary Genres - Advanced
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Middle School
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