SEX APPEAL IN LITERATURE.
Th- r.-ni-al of Mr. H. <;. U".-!;., <„ ; nsm jany s.xual appeal in hi, , : .v..,i ;. >tron „ ieviden.-e Thai This rej.i3i.hr -watum is to be found in nim-ty-fne per cent ~f the work of i modern The pk-tur* piymlu.-t, have ! redueed it to a science. The author of ••Outlines | of History"' (a colossal work that brought jon its author the fire of the the,,l™;,. H i world) is to be congratulated on r.-f ir-iii" to -ell .himself to the moneymon-er?. Wells em*r-ed ,from mediocrity bv sheer ori<diia!itv and his J lustre would c.-rtainiy be dinged if'hi- name . was loundtaeked on to so iue work Waring the ' impre>s of genius and marred bv the late-t : horror in literature ex appeal.' Publishers., 'at least a certain section of them, ur-e authors 'to "iive the people what thev want." Thu|we have the "best seller?-' in the books that ! tickle the palate of that verv lar-e -.-.-tkn of I the reading public who, e ta ? te for litp-ature \i< ia fa.-r sadly to be deplore.]) pureiv iii.-t mi Th,- north of what Thev r .-a.l.' but «n w,!:;i th-y like. HERBERT JIULVIHILL. j —■
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 47, 25 February 1929, Page 6
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190SEX APPEAL IN LITERATURE. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 47, 25 February 1929, Page 6
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