Talk:The Miracle of the Bells (novel)

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Did you know... that the best-selling novel of 1947 was described by Time magazine as "one of the worst ever published"?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 23:28, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the best-selling novel of 1947 was described as "badly written", "verbose" and "maudlin" but "almost impossible to put it down"? Source: Hackett, Alice Payne and Burke, James Henry (1977). 80 Years of Bestsellers: 1895–1975. New York: R. R. Bowker Company. pp. 129–151. ISBN 0-8352-0908-3 is the source for it being named the best-selling novel of 1947 by Publisher's Weekly.
This is the source for the review with the quoted language
alt 1 ... that the best-selling novel of 1947 was described by Time magazine as "one of the worst ever published?"? Time review
- Reviewed: Catechumen

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:28, 13 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Miracle of the Bells (book); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:42, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article appears to meet all the criteria. Hooks are interesting; I like the first one better. The sources for the quotes are verified; AGF on the book source. Appears good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:51, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. I agree the first hook is better. Cbl62 (talk) 16:52, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]