A Flare-Up on the Fifth single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 A Flare-Up on the Fifth
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English university prank. An Oxford undergraduate plot against a very unpopular dean backfires when the plot to burn his furniture and his effigy on Guy Fawkes night is suspected - and it is the chief conspirators' furniture that is burnt instead. (PB)

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  • From 'Queer Stories' in London Truth

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 32 no. 378 November 1896 Z1067547 1896 periodical issue 1896 pg. 26-27
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