A Written Proposal single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 A Written Proposal
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A widowed farmer's marriage proposal is mixed up with a letter to a fierce school teacher offering her the Beachville school. Only after a confusing and uncomfortable afternoon with the harridan is the mistake discovered. Competent; harsh portrait of the spinster school teacher. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 14 no. 171 August 1879 Z1027664 1879 periodical issue 1879 pg. 615-616
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