An Honest Lover single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 An Honest Lover
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English romance of nobility marrying a commoner. Julia Power, a railway overseer's daughter, overcomes her prospective sister-in-law's opposition to her marriage with her impoverished but noble brother by saving her from committing suicide under a train. As the train cuts into a previously private peak so this 'common' marriage cuts into family pride ... Adam Bede reference, etc. Lively and pleasant. (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. 67-71
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