| Editor | C. Arthur Pearson |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | C. Arthur Pearson Ltd |
| First issue | 1890 |
| Final issue | 1939 |
| Company | C. Arthur Pearson Ltd |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
Pearson's Weekly was a British weekly periodical founded in London in 1890 by Arthur Pearson, who had previously worked on Tit-Bits for George Newnes.
The first issue was well advertised and sold a quarter of a million copies. The paper's stated aim was "To Interest, to Elevate and to Amuse".
Notable fiction published
- George Griffith, The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror (1893)
- George Griffith, The Syren of the Skies (1894)
- H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man (1897)
- M. P. Shiel, Contraband of War (1898)
- Sax Rohmer, The Mysterious Mummy (1903)
- Rupert Croft-Cooke, "The Legacy" (1932)
- William Edward Vickers, The Rubber Truncheon (1934)
- Ethel Lina White, "Honey" (1935)
See also
References
- Kevin Williams, Read All About It! A History of the British Newspaper (London: Routledge, 2009), p. 130
Further reading
- Ashley, Mike (2022). "Pearson's Weekly". In Clute, John; Langford, David; Sleight, Graham (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (4th ed.). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- George Locke, Pearson's Weekly: A Checklist of Fiction, 1890–1939 (Ferret Fantasy, 1990)
External links
- Pearson's Weekly at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk