British weekly periodical
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".[1]
Notable fiction published
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References
- ^ Kevin Williams, Read All About It! A History of the British Newspaper (London: Routledge, 2009), p. 130
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