Dorrie's Vow single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1893... 1893 Dorrie's Vow
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Romance of marriage and love awakened late. A young girl marries before she knows of love, but falls in love with her husband's cousin. Her husband dies soon after but his evil father extorts a promise through his son that she will not marry again. Only after the father's death does a servant reveal a letter releasing her from the vow - and a true marriage follows. Probably US. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 28 no. 339 August 1893 Z1068885 1893 periodical issue 1893 pg. 668-670
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