John Jay's Journey : A New Year's Story single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1886... 1886 John Jay's Journey : A New Year's Story
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London romance of suicide and new life. A London journalist resolves to kill himself on New Year's Eve 1879 when the woman he loves unrequitedly will not see him, and he is poor and without family. The care of a poor dressmaker and a drunken cobbler save him and bring him fresh hope. Well-written, sentimentality generally contained, interesting re: suicide. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 21 no. 248 January 1886 Z1029522 1886 periodical issue 1886 pg. 276-278
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