The Cost of a Temper single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 The Cost of a Temper
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Exemplary tale of Sydney teacher, Peter Grant, indulged by his parents (particularly his mother!) who wreaks his temper continually on his wife. She accepts the treatment meekly until her sister arrives to visit ... Her quiet revolt and the much louder one of his ill-treated National School pupils bring him the fate he deserves. Excellent study of domestic despotism marred slightly by sententious tone. (PB)

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