A Burglary a la Mode single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 A Burglary a la Mode
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Domestic tale of a London social marriage of convenience and its demise. A dissipated young man married to a buxom older widow loses his comfortable position when she discovers - through private detectives - his gambling debts, his showgirl mistress, and his theft of jewels and money from her own bedroom. Slight; rousing speech of farewell by the widow ... (PB)

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  • From St James' Budget

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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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