author
Charles Whibley
1859–1930
A sharp, influential man of letters, he moved through the literary world as a journalist, critic, and essayist with a reputation for wit and strong opinions. His work sat at the crossroads of politics, art, and literature, and he remained a noticeable presence in British literary culture for decades.
2 Audiobooks
A Book of Scoundrels
by Charles Whibley
American Sketches
by Charles Whibley
About the author
Born on 9 December 1859, Charles Whibley was an English literary journalist and author. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge, and went on to build a career as an essayist and critic whose writing was known for its energy, confidence, and argumentative edge.
Whibley wrote widely on literature, biography, and politics, and became a familiar figure in late Victorian and early 20th-century literary life. He supported the painter James McNeill Whistler, to whom he was connected by family, and he is also remembered for recommending T. S. Eliot to Geoffrey Faber, helping Eliot move into publishing.
He died on 4 March 1930 in Hyères, France. Though not as widely read now as some of his contemporaries, he is still of interest as a vivid essayist and as a well-connected voice in the literary culture of his time.