The Bishop's Boat-Race Story single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 The Bishop's Boat-Race Story
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An English Bishop narrates a misadventure at an Oxford-Cambridge boat-race in the 1860s when he was left holding a baby which he promptly deposited in a nearby carriage. The baby then narrates her upbringing with a titled English family, her romance with one of her 'brothers', and her eventual recognition in a theatre through a tattoo on her arms as the heiress of a rich Australian squatter. Light and amusing. (Explicit reference made to the bishop's story in St James Gazette.) (PB)

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  • Includes 'The Fate of the Baby. By the Baby.'(PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 25 no. 303 August 1890 Z1033508 1890 periodical issue 1890 pg. 650-652
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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