A Dreadful Discovery single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 A Dreadful Discovery
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A young English girl falls in love with her cousin who is drowned when his ship sinks on the way to Australia. She is courted by and weds a rich handsome man several years later but discovers that he is insane - after which he shoots himself. Tale of life's sadness. (PB)

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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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