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.

Pearson's Weekly
EditorC. Arthur Pearson
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherC. Arthur Pearson Ltd
First issue1890
Final issue1939
CompanyC. Arthur Pearson Ltd
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish

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".[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Kevin Williams, Read All About It! A History of the British Newspaper (London: Routledge, 2009), p. 130

Further reading edit

  • 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)

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