A Railway Episode single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1882... 1882 A Railway Episode
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A tale of misadventure. A clergyman on his way to take up the living at Rorleigh near Birmingham frightens the girl sharing his railway compartment and she falls to her death from the carriage. He covers up the accident but confesses shortly before he dies from overwork. Well written, tension well maintained. (PB)

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  • From Truth.

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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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