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THE BIG LITERARY EVENT OF 1924 THE JOHN LONG £500 PRIZE NOVEL A WISE FOOL By EDWARD CHARLES REED

“A Wise Fool,” by Edward Charles Reed, the Prize-Winning Novel in the John Long (2nd) £500 Prize Competition for the Best First Novel, gained the distinction from among several hundred Novels sent in. It is an exceptionally brilliant Novel, written on really original lines. Revealing high literary quality, the story, which is modern in atmosphere, is such as to make the widest appeal. It is a throbbing tale in which love, adventure, romance and passion are skilfully combined. There is no gainsaying the ineffable charm of the narrative nor the lovableness of certain of its characters. In Edward Charles Reed, the publishers and their advisers have the firm conviction they have discovered an author destined to make an enduring reputation by his Novels. It will be recalled that John Long’s previous £500 Prize Competition for the Best First Novel was won by Emmeline Morrison with her Novel, “Good Grain,” probably one of the most popular Novels published in recent years.

Ready Autumn, 1924. Crown 8vo, Cloth, 7s. 6d. net JOHN LONG, LTD., Publishers, LONDON

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