John Logan Could Be Pulling Rupert Leger o Ann Veronica From H.G. Wells Novels 

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'Penny Dreadful' Season 2 Spoilers: John Logan Could Be Pulling Rupert Leger Or Ann Veronica From H.G. Wells Novels For New Episodes Of Showtime Series [VIDEO]

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 doesn\'t return to Showtime until next year, but that hasn\'t stopped the speculation as to which literary characters will play a part in the Victorian drama\'s second season.

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The series has already established title characters from Mary Shelley\'s

 (1891) as leading characters, as well as a number of individuals from

While it\'s possible creator John Logan could look to new source material for season two additions, his tendency to draw multiple characters from the same narrative suggest he might be looking to Bram Stoker, Wilde and Shelley for new inspiration.

 was published a few years later in 1909. This novel follows young Rupert Sent Leger who attempts to utilize his newly inherited money to do good in the world. It\'s possible Logan could look to incorporate the good-intentioned Leger into his dark supernatural world.

Logan has also noted an interest in bringing the writing of H.G. Wells into the world of

 (featured below). Perhaps he will take the suicidal Mr. Polly from

 (1909), a novel which was banned upon its release because of its progressive views.

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