A Demon Cast Out : A New Year's Story single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 A Demon Cast Out : A New Year's Story
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Oddly disjointed mystery/romance of the Victorian bush. James Grover mill-owner, forbids his daughter Mary to see Robert Cook the man she loves, while he is secretly possessed by his love for Teresa, Robert's sister - who herself is engaged to a mysteriously fatherless man known only as George. George turns out to be James Grover's son by his first wife; Teresa a woman once nearly hung for murder and involved with Robert in a local secret society (probably Irish). Insanity, two drownings, and refuge in the USA for Robert and Mary end the tale. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 19 no. 224 January 1884 Z1018108 1884 periodical issue 1884 pg. 266-274
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