A Curious Woman single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 A Curious Woman
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English tale of a governess hired by a widowed Colonel for his daughters. She nurses them through smallpox as he comes to love her - but she refuses his proposal the same night as she robs him of his priceless family diamonds ... Slight; unusual twist. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 27 no. 320 January 1892 Z1037976 1892 periodical issue 1892 pg. 242-244
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