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Mrs Harrison Lee Mrs Harrison Lee i(A73221 works by) (a.k.a. Mrs Harrison-Lee)
Writing name for: Bessie Lee
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1 y separately published work icon Auntie Faith's Rhymes Mrs Harrison Lee , Melbourne : 1911 Z1209583 1911 selected work poetry children's
1 y separately published work icon Auntie Faith's Travels Mrs Harrison Lee , London : Richard J. James, Temperance Publishing House , 1910-1919 Z1209586 1910-1919 selected work poetry short story children's
1 Tempted and Tried : The Story of Two Sisters, An Australian Tale Mrs Harrison Lee , 1888 single work novel romance Exemplary tale of Christian love and principles set in Victorian mountains and Melbourne. Mona Lester married Frank when she was 16 and left her bush mining township for Melbourne. Easy-going lazy Frank was a good-tempered husband, tolerant of Mona's parish activities but not her intellectual or spiritual equal. A chance meeting with Herbert Grey introduces her to both, and they unknowingly fall in love though he too is married - to an alcoholic ex-barmaid of the diggings where he knew Frank, and has 3 children. Once they discover their true feelings he moves to the country, then to England when she declares she can never betray her marriage vows. He becomes a philanthropist and returns to Australia with his children after his wife's death. Mona won her battle with sin, however her sister Esther is tempted by a handsome but dissolute youth, seduced and left penniless and ruined on Melbourne's streets. She is befriended by a poor factory girl who helps her find work and shelters her in her room at Richmond. The girl dies and Esther's downward fall continues after leaving her baby with Mona. Mona's search for her takes her through the worst dens of vice beneath 'The Queen City of the South', and eventually they are reunited through the accidental shooting of Mona by Esther ... (PB)
1 Queen Elfie's Prize : A Fairy Story for Little Folk Mrs Harrison Lee , 1883 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 18 no. 218 1883; (p. 629) A sunbeam that cheers the dark corners of the world wins the Queen of the Fairies' reward for doing the greatest good. Some charm; very moral. (PB)
1 Nelly's Seeds : A Fairy Story for Little People Mrs Harrison Lee , 1881 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 17 no. 199 1881; (p. 203) A poor little girl in London is given fairy seeds of love, perserverance etc that bear fruit. Moral tale: they are available to all children. Small appeal; overladen by moral. (PB)
1 The Wood Violet : A Story for Little People Mrs Harrison Lee , 1881 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 17 no. 197 1881; (p. 101) Exemplary tale; a little girl's good deed in gathering flowers saves a man's soul and life by his repentance for his crimes, transportation etc. (PB)
1 Beautiful Children : A Story for Little Girls Mrs Harrison Lee , 1881 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 17 no. 196 1881; (p. 30) Exemplary tale of plain but beautiful souled Jane whose humble self-denial teaches Maggie Milton that there is more than vanity and selfishness. (Sewing is the main occupation!) (PB)
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