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Shrewd device by Felix Hailstone in famous competition
In Eden Philpotts style commentary, the piece traces Felix Hailstone the writer and promoter who launched a sensational competition offering 10000 and 5000 pounds for the three best lists of characters from his fiction. It chronicles his rise with a new monthly novel and the eventual public spectacle of the Hailstone competition ending with his broadcast from an office window.
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Hallstone
Cas
Mr. Case
Sno
Felix
Hiewell
Hailstone
Cieeleot
Hazletone
Pelix
Mr. Vare
Italy
Deng
Haileline
Thackeray
Clayton
Hetstine
Seaton
London
Felix Hailstone
Hailstone Competition
King Wiliam Street
B. C
Misery ’& Iron
America
Jones
Peckham Stye
Felix Manstone
West Kensington
Hardstone
Yorkelire
Nature
Otto
Felix Hallstone
Tailstone
Hall
Flstone
Literatum
Keilx
New York
Halcyon
Eden Philpotts
Belgravia