An Old Tale single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 An Old Tale
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English tale of romance, jealousy and tragedy. Netta, a young girl who shares a mutual dislike with her step-mother at last escapes to a London season with her rich aunt. There she falls in love and becomes engaged but her suitor proves to have courted her step-mother in his youth. The former lovers stroll together one morning towards a cliff weakened by a storm - and when Netta witnesses them embracing she does not warn them of their danger. Guilt wracks her for the rest of her days. Slight but compelling in parts. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 26 no. 305 October 1890 Z1033516 1890 periodical issue 1890 pg. 74-76
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