Ah Bat's Letter single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1922... 1922 Ah Bat's Letter
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

The editor of a small town newspaper is desperate for more news to fill the columns before the next edition goes to print. His dilemma is solved when local gardener, Ah Bat, comes in with a story of stolen melons. At the editor's request, Ah Bat, despite his difficulties with the English language, writes his story. Such was public interest in the story that the day's edition led to the paper recording its highest sales ever.

Affiliation Notes

  • Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains a Chinese character.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 23 December 1922 Z1469024 1922 newspaper issue 1922 pg. 44
    Note: In column: Our Budget of Stories
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