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M. I. Little M. I. Little i(A47135 works by) (a.k.a. Maud Isabel Little)
Born: Established: Sep 1876 Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory, ; Died: Ceased: 1961 Victoria,
Gender: Female
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1 Mr. Pratt and a Piano M. I. Little , 1938 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 16 March 1938; (p. 15) Mr. Pratt enters a suburban home at night intent on stealing. The two women occupants of the house are expecting a plumber. As Marion plays the piano, Pratt, hidden in the sitting room, begins to sob because the music reminds him of his deceased wife and pianist daughter. The two women hear him and try to calm him. He pretends to be the plumber and fixes their dripping tap. Once outside, a policeman grabs him, but the women tell the policeman Pratt is a plumber, even though they realise he had come to steal from them.
1 2 y separately published work icon Dunham Days : A Sketch M. I. Little , Adelaide : E. J. McAlister and Co. , 1913 Z870030 1913 single work novel young adult 'The second of only two Australian girls' school stories to be set in Catholic schools, Dunham Days concerns the final term of best friends. Helen Scott and Marian Dance attend Dunham, a convent school on the Parramatta River in Sydney. The two girls are dual Heads and about to sit for the University examinations. Dunham Days contains similar moral themes to the ones explored in the other [C]atholic girls' school story, Nellie Doran. One of the girls, Inez, loses her temper and accidentally hits another girl. Inez has a passionate temper which she constantly has to control. According to school rules Inez will be expelled unless the whole school petitions against it. One of the girls, Eleanor, refuses to comply until her friend threatens that she will tell the Nuns about the illicit books she reads. Inez is saved from expulsion and vows she will never forget the incident, praying to God to help her control her temper. When one of the girls falls violently ill, Eleanor's misdeeds comes to light and she is punished' (Rachel Crawford, Bonza Schooldays).
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