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Clement King Shorter
1857–1926
A lively force in British literary journalism, he helped shape the magazines readers picked up at the turn of the 20th century. He is also remembered for his lasting interest in the Brontë family and for bringing literary history to a wide audience.
5 Audiobooks
Immortal Memories
by Clement King Shorter
Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle
by Clement King Shorter
Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen
by Clement King Shorter
George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Borrow and His Friends
by Clement King Shorter
The Life of George Borrow
by Clement King Shorter
About the author
Born in London in 1857, Clement King Shorter became a British journalist and literary critic whose career moved from civil service work into publishing. He went on to edit the Illustrated London News and later founded or edited influential magazines including The Sketch, The Sphere, and Tatler.
Shorter wrote widely on literature and was especially associated with the Brontës, helping keep interest in their lives and work alive for general readers. His career blended criticism, editing, and publishing, making him an important figure in the literary culture of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain.
He died in 1926. He was married to Dora Sigerson Shorter, an Irish poet and writer, and together they were part of a literary world that connected journalism with the broader arts scene of their time.