The Young Housekeeper single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1878... 1878 The Young Housekeeper
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Exemplary tale in thin disguise of a fairy visit to the house of a newly-married couple where the indolent girl has become the pattern of a perfect wife by learning housekeeping and tending lovingly to her husband's needs! Brief mention of women's rights which do not stand in the face of their love ... (PB).

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 13 no. 152 January 1878 Z1007749 1878 periodical issue 1878 pg. 227-228
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