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Ecne Rolf Ecne Rolf i(A74516 works by) (a.k.a. Ecue Rolf; Emme Rolf)
Gender: Female
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1 A Day Dream Ecne Rolf , 1878 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Ladies' Annual 1878; (p. 104-112)
1 Wounded Ecne Rolf , 1876 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 12 no. 136 1876; (p. 6-8) A doctor reunites a British husband and wife separated by jealousy and mutual pride. Society tale; Australia really a backdrop providing only a wounded parrot as a symbol of wounded love. (PB)
1 At Eventide Ecne Rolf , 1875 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 10 no. 119 1875; (p. 437-438) Sunset after a hot Australian day in a seaside suburb witnesses the reunion of long-time pride-separated lovers. Atmospheric focus rather than narrative account. (PB)
1 Traced in the Sand Ecne Rolf , 1874 single work short story An old maid's autobiography, beginning with her youth in Ireland when first her father and several years later her mother died. The boy she felt she loved in childhood disappears for several years but returns on the evening her brother and his sister become engaged. He tells the story of his years on the sea and in Australia. Over the next months the narrator realizes she loves him but he loves Alice Bowden who refuses to marry him because she is illegitimate. They are engaged but he is lost at sea and she dies in France. (PB)
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