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185y
Long Odds : A Novel
1868-1869
Z1117962
1868-1869
single work
novel
Bob Calverly, Australian nephew of Squire Valentine Yoricks, is visiting England when he falls in love with Kate French, niece of Saville whom she loves. As the story opens Cyril secretly marries his landlady's daughter, Carry Manton - just as his brother's death in a steeplechase makes him heir to his father's estate. The machinations of Rupert Dacre enmesh both Cyril and Bob on the paths of ruin - one through denying his marriage and the other through gambling debts and money-lenders ... Enlivened by the portraits of poet/grocer Binns and literary man/reporter Bland, heroes of the humble working man's sphere and mediocrity ... (PB)
Philadelphia
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Lippincott
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1896
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197y
The Romance of a Chalet : A Story
London
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F. V. White
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1892
Z867136
1892
single work
novel
New York (City)
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Lippincott
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1897
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