The Cornhill Magazine
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The Cornhill Magazine was a British periodical founded in 1860 and published until 1975. It was first edited by the renowned novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. The magazine achieved significant success early on, becoming the first of its kind to reach a circulation of 100,000 copies. It was part of a broader trend of literary magazines in the 19th century that serialized fiction and provided a platform for contemporary writers and ideas.1
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- Sir Leslie Stephen
…1871 to 1882 he edited The Cornhill Magazine, for which he wrote literary criticism (republished in the three series of Hours in a Library, 1874–79). Stephen was one of the first serious critics of the novel. Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edmund Gosse, and Henry James were among those whom…
Read More…1871 to 1882 he edited The Cornhill Magazine, for which he wrote literary criticism (republished in the three series of Hours in a Library, 1874–79). Stephen was one of the first serious critics of the novel. Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edmund Gosse, and Henry James were among those whom…
Read More - Virginibus Puerisque
…which were first published in The Cornhill Magazine. These whimsical meditations on everyday life earned Stevenson a reputation as a popular philosopher. Modeling his essays on those of William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb among others, Stevenson in true Victorian fashion tells personal anecdotes and derives generally applicable morals from them.…
Read More…which were first published in The Cornhill Magazine. These whimsical meditations on everyday life earned Stevenson a reputation as a popular philosopher. Modeling his essays on those of William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb among others, Stevenson in true Victorian fashion tells personal anecdotes and derives generally applicable morals from them.…
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William Makepeace ThackerayLife…(1858), and in 1860 founded The Cornhill Magazine, becoming its editor. After he died in 1863, a commemorative bust of him was placed in Westminster Abbey.
Read More…(1858), and in 1860 founded The Cornhill Magazine, becoming its editor. After he died in 1863, a commemorative bust of him was placed in Westminster Abbey.
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