An Embroidered Stocking single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1878... 1878 An Embroidered Stocking
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Set in Melbourne and Macedon, a romance of misunderstanding and reconciliation. The narrator overhears the woman he loves speaking words of love to another - but eventually discovers she was reading a letter written by her cousin ... Her stocking and a washerwoman's mistake bring them together. Conventional tale with some promise. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 14 no. 160 September 1878 Z1024740 1878 periodical issue 1878 pg. 24-25
Last amended 14 Apr 2003 09:02:47
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  • Melbourne City, Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Macedon, Gisborne - Woodend area, Sunbury - Kyneton area, Melbourne, Victoria,
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