Inez Irving Inez Irving i(A72719 works by)
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1 A Midnight Adventure Inez Irving , 1881 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 16 no. 195 1881; (p. 658-659) A city man is cared for by his maiden sister while his wife is away. She mends his shirts, washes the household linen and helps him capture a burglar while taking the washing off the line in her sleep ... (Interesting subject in its rarity. Not the usual romance.) (PB)
1 Hugh Palmer's Two New Year Eves Inez Irving , 1881 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 16 no. 188 1881; (p. 237-239) A dreamy boy is sacked from his job with a New England glass merchant and receives kindness only from his employer's daughter. Two years later he is an artist in the South of France, has just completed a painting of their parting scene, and meets the daughter in the flesh. Romance. (PB)
1 Mission of a Bit of Lace Inez Irving , 1880 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 16 no. 186 1880; (p. 50-51) A widower and his three year old daughter find a housekeeper for their neglected house through the loss of a piece of lace on the wind. And through the housekeeper he finds again his first and true love. Slight tale with a hint of personality. (PB)
1 A Husband's Ordeal Inez Irving , 1880 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 15 no. 180 1880; (p. 474-476) An intellectual man returns from arranging the publication of his book to find the young wife he has neglected gone away with a feigning friend. He awaits her return, fearing he has lost her. Smoothly told. (PB)
1 Love and Haymaking Inez Irving , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 15 no. 175 1879; (p. 200-202) Romance. Flora Archibald refuses to marry Victor Forsythe because he is rich and idle. He hires himself as a haymaker on her uncle's farm for the summer and his work impresses her sufficiently with its manliness, that when he saves her from drowning she accepts his proposal. Pleasant with faint satirical tinge. (PB)
1 Purple Pansies Inez Irving , 1879 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 15 no. 173 1879; (p. 80-81) A gentleman's advertisement in the matrimonial pages of a Melbourne newspaper initiate a correspondence with a closely kept girl not yet in society. Their friendship grows and they determine to meet during her visit to a friend in the city. Their plans are nearly frustrated when the girl's guardian intercepts their letter but the girl finds them and turns up wearing pansies at the railway station - joining the pansy buttonholes of her guardian and her correspondent. Slight, pleasant. (PB)
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