Margie's Rival single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1882... 1882 Margie's Rival
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US romance narrated by a maiden aunt. A summer holiday suffices to transfer Royal Sterne's affections from his fiancee, Margie, to the flirtatious Blanche Herreshoff; breaking Margie's heart. The party breaks up when Margie is injured in a fall from her horse, and she eventually visits England to recover her health and spirit. Whilst there she learns of Blanche's jilting of Royal and he returns to beg Margie's forgiveness ... Competently written. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 18 no. 208 September 1882 Z1009927 1882 periodical issue 1882 pg. 40-42
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