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1 An Honest Lover Mary Butler , 1890 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 26 no. 305 1890; (p. 67-71) English romance of nobility marrying a commoner. Julia Power, a railway overseer's daughter, overcomes her prospective sister-in-law's opposition to her marriage with her impoverished but noble brother by saving her from committing suicide under a train. As the train cuts into a previously private peak so this 'common' marriage cuts into family pride ... Adam Bede reference, etc. Lively and pleasant. (PB)
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