American Moonstones, gossip, and poetry - The First Period

Now that the opening is done and the audience is drawn in, the differences begin to lessen between the two publications, with only the differences of the page size still remaining between then in regards to visuals as the pictures are already shown and now the narrative is set to “repeat what the image has already shown, matching (or ironically failing to match) readers' visual expectations” (Leighton and Surridge, 211). In regards to content however, the differences remains prominent. The American printing mixes fiction, gossip, and poetry in together in its pages, providing a varied literary experience to readers of different circumstances and preference. This would draw in a larger customer base for the magazine to be bought from.

LEIGHTON, MARY ELIZABETH, and LISA SURRIDGE. “The Transatlantic Moonstone: A Study of the Illustrated Serial in Harper's Weekly.” Victorian Periodicals Review, vol. 42, no. 3, 2009, pp. 207–243. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27760229.