''The Story-Teller'' was a monthly British

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from 1907 to 1937. ''The Story-Teller'' is notable for having published some of the works of prominent authors, including

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, Katherine Mansfield,

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, Edgar Wallace,

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Oliver Onions,

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, Hall Caine,

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Alice & Claude Askew Alice Askew, née Leake (18 June 18746 October 1917)Death notice in ''The Times'', 15 October 1917, p. 11Two news clippings from the '' Daily Express'', Tuesday, 16 October 1917, and Thursday, 18 October 1917 (page numbers unknown) – the first ...

, and

Tom Gallon Tom Gallon (5 December 1866 – 4 November 1914) was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of author and publicist Nellie Tom-Gallon, who founded the Tom-Gallon Trust AwardCassell & Co, ''The Story-Teller'' was edited by

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from its debut in April 1907 until 1928, when

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became the editor. In May 1927, the magazine changed his name in ''Storyteller'' when it began to be published by Amalgamated Press and, later on, merged with ''

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on line. The magazine's last issue was in November 1937. In all, 367 issues were published during its 30-year life.

References

*Andrew Nash. "The Production of the Novel, 1880–1940". In Patrick Parrinder and Andrzej Gasiorek (eds, 2011). ''The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 4: The Reinvention of the British and Irish Novel, 1880–1940''. Oxford: Oxford University Press () at 3–19. Magazines established in 1907 Magazines disestablished in 1937 Pulp magazines Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom {{UK-mag-stub