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y separately published work icon By Reef and Palm selected work   short story  
Is part of Autonym Library series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1894... 1894 By Reef and Palm
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Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:T. Fisher Unwin , 1898 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Challis the Doubter Challis, the Doubter : The White Lady and the Brown Woman, Louis Becke , single work short story
"'Tis in the Blood" , Malie , single work short story
The Revenge of Macy O'Shea : A Story of the Marquesas, Louis Becke , single work short story
Rangers of the Tia Kau, Louis Becke , single work short story
A Basket of Breadfruit, Louis Becke , single work short story
Enderby's Courtship, Louis Becke , single work short story
Long Charley's Good Little Wife, Louis Becke , single work short story
A Truly Great Man : A Mid-Pacific Sketch, Louis Becke , single work short story
The Doctor's Wife : Consanguinity (From a Polynesian Standpoint), Louis Becke , single work short story
The Fate of the Alida, Louis Becke , single work short story
The Chilean Bluejacket, Louis Becke , single work short story
His Native Wife, Louis Becke , single work novella

John Barrington takes a berth as a second mate to return to the Caroline Islands, where he left his Islander wife two years before. The ship is carrying three passengers, a missionary and his wife and her sister. The missionary, Parker, and his wife knew Barrington previously and Mrs Parker is secretly in love with him.

Barrington's wife, Nadee, is waiting for him on the island of Losap with her grandmother, who hates Europeans and endeavours to convince Nadee that Barrington will not return. When he does reach the island, in dramatic circumstances, a misunderstanding is deliberately perpetuated and tragedy ensues.

Becke also uses this narrative to put forward vitriolic views of missionaries and the harm he believes they cause.
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