Charles Johnstone

For other people named Charles Johnston, see Charles Johnston (disambiguation).

Charles Johnstone (1719?-1800), 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

• Hellfire Club

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; New York, E. P. Dutton.

External links

• Works by or about Charles Johnstone in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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