The Idler (1892-1911)

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This article is about the 19th-century literary magazine. For other publications with this name, see The Idler (disambiguation)

The Idler was an illustrated monthly magazine published in Great Britain from 1892 to 1911. It was founded by the humorist Jerome K. Jerome, and its contributors included many of the leading writers and illustrators of the time.

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The Idler generally catered to the popular taste, printing light pieces and sensational fiction. The magazine published short stories, serialised novels, humour pieces, poetry, memoirs, travel writing, book and theatre reviews and interviews. It also included a monthly feature called 'The Idlers' Club,' in which a number of writers would offer their views on a particular topic.

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  • Frank Barnard
  • Ada Bowley
  • Florence Fuller
  • James Grieg
  • John Gulich
  • George Hutchinson
  • Richard Jack
  • Ernest Jessop
  • John Bernard Partridge
  • Frederick Pegram
  • Andrew Scott Rankin
  • Frederic Villiers

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