A Signalman's Love Story single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1888... 1888 A Signalman's Love Story
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English romance of a railway signalman's unrequited love for a lady in the 1830s. Principally the assistance her gives her suitor - an army captain escaping trial for fighting another officer - to escape from England and the law. Told by the signalman now 70 years old with tenderly humorous references to his youth and innocence. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 23 no. 275 April 1888 Z1066870 1888 periodical issue 1888 pg. 419-423
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1830s
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