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1 Anticipation Lesley Williams , 1931 single work short story satire
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 16 July 1931; (p. 7) A suburban girl who goes flatting in search of independence and bohemian life is disillusioned , but clings to her dream, including a plan to buy lounge chairs with cash only, until her fortune-telling attempt foretells the arrival of a fair young man. When the door bell rings he turns out to be a furniture salesman.
1 The Song of Songs Lesley Williams , 1931 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 14 May 1931; (p. 6) A composer's wife with an over-sentimental view of marital fidelity is surprised when she refuses a request to broadcast a song written supposedly for her alone, only to hear it sung by someone else with the same claim, and then discover at least ten other women with copies. She then abandons her illusion and briskly burns the rest of her marital mementoes.
1 Publicity Pays Lesley Williams , 1925 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 3 February vol. 1 no. 11 1925; (p. 5, 61) A wife devises a means of persuading her old-fashioned husband to pay her an allowance.
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