A Bad Life single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 A Bad Life
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Light narrative of the auction of a church advowson on a sussex refectory. The incumbent rector, angry at the sale and prediction of his own short life, retreats for a month and raises the price given at the sale by appearing to be ill. A parishoner with High Church tendencies buys it for his wife but is justly disappointed ... (PB)

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  • From London Truth

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 27 no. 317 October 1891 Z1037475 1891 periodical issue 1891 pg. 66-68
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