Janet Carroll Janet Carroll i(A72782 works by)
Also writes as: J. C.
Gender: Female
Heritage: Australian
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1 Ghosts or No Ghosts J. C. , 1884 single work short story
— Appears in: Waikato Times , 20 December vol. 23 no. 1944 1884; (p. Supplement, p.4)
1 Adam Johnstone Janet Carroll , 1884 single work novel
— Appears in: Tuapeka Times , 6 December vol. XXIII no. 1944 1884; (p. Supplement) Waikato Times , 24 January vol. XXIV no. 1958 1885; (p. 5)
12 Marc Grecli : A Story in Three Chapters Janet Carroll , 1884 single work novella
7 Harriette Hurst's Christmas Janet Carroll , 1883 single work short story
1 Gift Janet Carroll , 1882 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 17 no. 204 1882; (p. 501-504) In the Australian bush a minister finds and adopts a lost motherless girl of 16. He educates her in the city to be a teacher and she returns as governess to his neighbour's children. On her return she discovers not only her love for him but her father, a weak thief whom the minister has redeemed ... Warmly sentimental. Child-like girl-love for guardian. NB Her name is Gift - her mother's gift to her father, and a gift to the minister. Freud/Levi-Strauss, etc. (PB)
7 Theodora Vail. A Story in Six Chapters Janet Carroll , 1882 single work short story
1 The Athelons Janet Carroll , 1880 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 15 no. 185 1880; (p. 75-78) A noble English family own a Murray River station to which the son is returning with a friend after two years abroad. The son falls in love with his sister's beautiful companion and the sister with her brother's friend. But a mystery must first be solved involving the companion's long lost sister and the friend's wife. Begins better than it ends. (PB)
1 Lanjirang Janet Carroll , 1880 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 15 no. 183 1880; (p. 652-654) A country schoolteacher in Victoria is loved by a newly-arrived young squatter. He wins her heart and the tale of her constant sadness - a brother's theft and their mother's sorrow and sad death with a cruel aunt in Australia. Interesting for its glimpses of a teacher's life, the entrance exam etc. (PB)
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