Mrs Lance Mrs Lance i(A80340 works by)
Writing name for: Wilhelmina Frances Rawson
Gender: Female
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1 An Episode in Two Lives Mrs Lance , single work short story
1 The English Governess Mrs Lance , 1895 single work short story Station romance. Handsome Englishman Charles Stanley, owner of a Queensland station and heir to an English title, proposes to pretty honest Annie some months after returning from England where his rich and beautiful fiancee ahd refused to marry him because she did not want to live in Australia. Annie's happiness is short-lived. Her wealthy station family's new English governess Carry Benson proves to be Charley's ex-fiancee, reduced to poverty by her father's death. She attracts her old suitor, though ready to leave him for a richer one, and Annie nobly frees him from the engagement. She spends a few months in Melbourne, skillfully creating the illussion she is to marry someone else - he discovers Carry's falseness and Annie's true worth. She returns and despite her siblings' mischievous plots, she and Charley become engaged again. Miss Benson's schemes fail and she eventually marries a Melbourne merchant ... Bright cheery tale of family life. (PB)
1 The Fulfilment of a Dream : A True Tale of the Queensland Bush Mrs Lance , 1894 single work short story A squatter looks forward to marrying his English sweetheart, but on his way to meet her he suffers a fatal accident.
1 The Romance of a Grave Mrs Lance , 1893 single work short story An English gentleman, fleeing a shameful past, seeks work as a shepherd in outback Australia. Despite his determination to remain isolated he falls in love with the squatter's niece. However their happiness is marred by tragedy.
1 Jack Hanmer's Sad Story Mrs Lance , 1890 single work short story
— Appears in: Under the Gum Tree : Australian Bush Stories 1890; (p. 109-125)
1 Coo-ee i "'COO-EE, coo-ee!'", Mrs Lance , 1886 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 23 January 1886; (p. 129)
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