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Mrs Dobbs' Whim single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 Mrs Dobbs' Whim
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A solidly respectable childless English couple are troubled only by the husband's careful charity to children's hospitals. His wife decides to adopt a child but refuses to consider her dead sister's son - until, after a long and fruitless hunt, her husband brings home a handsome boy ... Solidly respectable tale with a touch of warmth. (PB)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 24 no. 286 March 1889 Z1081175 1889 periodical issue 1889 pg. 365-367
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