The Galley Slave single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1878... 1878 The Galley Slave
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Set in Toulon, France and a little valley near Casteland in 1842. Victor Lacour is imprisoned for assisting the starving poor to gain food from a local landowner, but escapes. He gives himself up to earn the reward for a poor peasant family - and gains a pardon. Conventional narrative. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 14 no. 162 November 1878 Z1025056 1878 periodical issue 1878 pg. 128-129
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    France,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1840s
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