Edelweiss single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 Edelweiss
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Light romance set in Switzerland, New York and Stockingham, England. An American/English traveller and a British army captain's daughter meet in Switzerland and silently declare their love with an edelweiss. Her father separates them by falsely telling the suitor his daughter is already engaged. They are eventually revisited through a lace design of edelweiss she makes when forced to earn a living in England through her father's poverty and illness. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 20 no. 239 April 1885 Z1020806 1885 periodical issue 1885 pg. 415-418
Last amended 4 Apr 2003 10:07:20
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Switzerland,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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