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y separately published work icon The Penguin Henry Lawson : Short Stories selected work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 The Penguin Henry Lawson : Short Stories
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Telling Mrs Baker, Henry Lawson , single work short story
Two drovers, Andy and Jack, watch their boss drink himself to death. They lie to his wife about the cause of his death to spare her unnecessary pain.
 (p. 196-209)
A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father, Henry Lawson , single work short story
A man and his young son do their best to hold the family together, despite the complaints of the man's lazy wife.
 (p. 213-219)
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