Water-Lilies single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 Water-Lilies
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Pleasant romance. Lillian Leighton, 17, is informed by her uncle that he wishes her to marry the son of a wealthy friend. Lillian wishes for love, and finds it with a young artist visiting the area. She is forbidden to see him again when their meetings are discovered - but fortunately discovers that he is the very man her uncle intends her to marry. Light; includes a happy little scene of Lillian covered in mud in search of some water-lilies. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 21 no. 246 November 1885 Z641438 1885 periodical issue 1885 pg. 140-143
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