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'''Charles Johnstone''' (1719 |
'''Charles Johnstone''' ({{circa|1719}}–1800) was a novelist. Prevented by [[deaf]]ness from practising at the Irish [[Bar association|Bar]], he went to [[India]], where he was proprietor of a newspaper. He wrote one successful book, ''[[Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea]]'', a somewhat sombre satire, and some others now utterly forgotten. |
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Revision as of 01:58, 12 July 2012
Charles Johnstone (c. 1719–1800) was a novelist. Prevented by deafness from practising at the Irish Bar, he went to India, where he was proprietor of a newspaper. He wrote one successful book, Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea, a somewhat sombre satire, and some others now utterly forgotten.
See also
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.
