Caged : A Gaol-Bird's Story single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1886... 1886 Caged : A Gaol-Bird's Story
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A London cockney is released from Clerkenwell prison and finds and adopts a little boy and his bird in the park. He struggles to find work to support them all but is forced to steal once again and is released in time to hold the child as he dies. Pathos. (PB)

Notes

  • This 'pathetic sketch' is part of a book A Round Dozen by R. O. and AJ recommends it at 1 shilling. (PB)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 21 no. 248 January 1886 Z1029522 1886 periodical issue 1886 pg. 256-257
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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