The Withered Apple single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 The Withered Apple
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A salon of literary and artistic women from Great Britain and the US forms in Rome and decide to grant a prize to the most and least handsome man of their acquaintance. A US journalist is given the booby prize but receives it so chivalrously that he eventually wins the fair heiress who presents it to him. Pleasant; international setting for reasonably conventional romance. Group of women but still centred on men ... (PB)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 20 no. 235 December 1884 Z1019648 1884 periodical issue 1884 pg. 205-207
Last amended 28 Mar 2003 11:08:32
Subjects:
  • Rome,
    c
    Italy,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • New York (City), New York (State),
    c
    United States of America (USA),
    c
    Americas,
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