Amy Randolph Amy Randolph i(A72629 works by)
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1 The New Minister Amy Randolph , 1898 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 33 no. 401 1898; (p. 667-668) A Church of England minister is the unwitting recipient of a young maiden's protests against her sister and her mother's preparations for the visit of the new minister. He is touched - mistaken identities are cleared up - and eventually is to marry the maiden of 16 instead of her older sister. (PB)
1 His Mother Amy Randolph , 1897 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 33 no. 391 1897; (p. 55) A rolling-mills foreman in a provincial town decides to keep his promise to his mother to take her to a visiting opera company production rather than be part of the party including the beautiful heiress he loves. The lady only admires him the more for it - and romance soon blossoms. (PB)
1 Madame Merti's Apprentice Amy Randolph , 1891 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 27 no. 317 1891; (p. 81-82) Exemplary tale of working girls and society whims. A fashionable milliner's apprentice is dismissed for a mistake not her fault and dies ultimately of starvation when unable to find other work. The woman responsible for her dismissal visits her deathbed as a charitable sister and sees 'what she hath wrought'. Competent but thinly realised. (PB)
1 Her Only Son Amy Randolph , 1889 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 25 no. 293 1889; (p. 72-73) Romance and a mother's views. A mother's opposition to her son's choice of a bride melts away when she overhears the heartless conversation of the girl she would have him marry. (PB)
1 Ths Husband's Defeat Amy Randolph , 1888 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 23 no. 279 1888; (p. 655-656) Domestic tale. A husband's complaints about his wife's cooking as compared to his mother's are stopped by a clever stratagem which involves asking the mother to stay. Slight tale of women's management of men. (PB)
1 A Little Near-Sighted Amy Randolph , 1883 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 18 no. 217 1883; (p. 571) A clergyman mistakes a scarecrow for the stern Miss Rexford whose permission he is seeking to hold an annual Sunday school picnic on her beautiful estate. His near-sightedness amuses her and a friendship grows that by the next picnic has become a marriage. Pleasant, lightly humorous autumnal romance. (PB)
1 My Husband's First Wife Amy Randolph , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 9 no. 109 1874; (p. 551) A newly-married bride discovers her husband has been married before and resolves to leave him. She is dissuaded by the first wife herself - who dies tragically soon after. Neat though slight, tired tale. (PB)
1 False or Natural? Amy Randolph , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 9 no. 108 1874; (p. 488-489) Flippant story of 19-year-old Geraldine Grey's escape from her engagement to 49 year-old Carson Fortescue. Slight; probably not Australian; military background. (PB)
1 How He Was Cured Amy Randolph , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 8 no. 89 1872; (p. 77-78) A hypochondriac is cured with a course of his aunt's considerate 'management' and the company of a young woman. (PB)
1 What Grew in the Old Swamp Amy Randolph , 1871 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 7 no. 77 1871; (p. 92) Edith Garland marries a poor farmer against her father's wishes and is disinherited. Her uncle leaves them an old swamp which proves to contain a crock of gold. Set in Australia but with an American flavour. (PB)
1 The Sewing Machines Exhibition Amy Randolph , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 5 no. 62 1870; (p. 622-623) Romance begins over a sewing machine demonstrated by Rosamond Gifford in an exhibition. From earning her own living she becomes the means of uniting her mother's lost expectations with her cousin's inheritance. (PB)
1 Cowardice or Courage Amy Randolph , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 5 no. 61 1870; (p. 580-581) Clarence Seville's sister, Mrs Elton, despises his fiancee, Juliet Chaloner, until she sacrifices her life to save Mrs Elton and her children. (PB)
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