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1 An American Singer Marguery , 1891 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 26 no. 311 1891; (p. 425-426) Slight, melodramatic romance set in France and the USA. An American girl learns singing in Paris and is fallen in love with by Count Paul de Frontin. Determined to succeed as a singer and support her father she refuses to marry him - until on her second debut she fails publicly, appearing drunk. She agrees to marry the count but he is killed before they leave for America in a riding accident. She returns to New York and becomes a nun! (PB)
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