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Strongly-realised romance set in Victoria from 1882-1886. A prophetic dream at Christmas time in 1882 heralds the narrator's meeting with beautiful Olive Glynn at a Victorian seaside vacation spot one year later. He, 32 and a successful Melbourne businessman and bachelor, goes sailing with the independent world-travelling Englishwoman and they fall in love. They are forced to separate when she reveals that she is worried - though separated from her bestial husband in England. Three years later she returns to Melbourne, her husband having died ... Basic plot structure familiar but style, tone and characterisation of the 'mature' lovers plus the dream-quality of settings etc., is above average. (PB)
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Last amended 8 Jul 2003 11:05:00
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- Victoria,
- 1880s
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