Roald Dahl Letter to Paul Heins (October 6, 1972)

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Oct 06, 1972 | Filed in Our Story
Roald Dahl 1972 letter

GYPSY HOUSE
GREAT MISSENDEN
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE


6th October, 1972


Paul Heins Esq.,
The Horn Book,
585 Boylston Street,
Boston,
Mass.02116
U.S.A.


Dear Mr. Heins,


Kaye Webb has told me that Eleanor Cameron dislikes “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” intensely. She added that you weren't crazy about it either. Both of you are entitled to think what you like about it. Kaye also tells me that Eleanor Cameron is proposing to write something about this in one of your issues. She is entitled to do that too. But would you consider permitting me to see her piece and to reply to it in the same issue?


Yours sincerely,


[signed: Roald Dahl]
Roald Dahl

Horn Book
Horn Book

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