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1 Constant Guignard, An Unforgettable Man Jean Richepin , 1892 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 27 no. 326 1892; (p. 589) Serio-comic tale of an orphaned Frenchman whose persistent efforts to do good in life reap only evil and misfortune. Lightly tragic. (PB)
1 My Neighbour 1892 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 27 no. 325 1892; (p. 552) Vignette from provincial France of a public servant visiting a town who falls in love with the voice and playing of his neighbour - only to discover - she is an elderly music teacher ... (PB)
1 Mother Boudille's Dream E. Branfill Harrison , 1891 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 27 no. 317 1891; (p. 68-69) French mother's disillusion and love for her son. A French peasant woman toils that her son might be a gentleman. An idle youth he joins the army and is promoted to sergeant but his dissipated ways result in theft. His mother sells all her possessions to save him from prosecution ... Simple tale. (PB)
1 An Evil Jest E. Branfill Harrison , 1891 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 27 no. 316 1891; (p. 16-19) Honour among British soldiers in romance. Tale of a callous ungentlemanly English officer who proposes to a trusting girl for a bet at a Scottish hydropathic (health spa) - and then breaks off the engagement. His dishonourable actions are discovered by his regiment and he is obliged to resign his commission. (PB)
1 The Uhlan's Wife : An Episode of the Franco-Prussian War E. Branfill Harrison , 1891 single work short story war literature
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 26 no. 313 1891; (p. 559-562) Set in Switzerland and France, centres on the fighting roles of two captains' wives from the warring armies. A group of French refugee soldiers in Switzerland make a secret incursion back to France to fight the invading Russians. One of their band is cruelly tortured and burned alive, pricipally by the wife of one of the Prussian (Uhlan) soldiers. The swell troupe avenge their friend and capture the wife - having killed her husband. She avenges her husband by killing the French captain - and his wife who has been fighting alongside then insists on being left alone to take her revenge. Pictures of the Prussian woman's children and her plight - returning to her dead husband only to kill herself. Powerful themes, fighting, torture, women's revenge and compassion well realised. (PB)
1 A Big Gamble : A Tale of the Indian Hills E. Branfill Harrison , 1891 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 26 no. 312 1891; (p. 472-478) Romance set in India in 1885. A young officer needs £20 000 to marry his sweetheart. He resolves to try and win it through two horse races at Kulabad. Long suspense and a mission away, he wins. Light Kulabad club tale - high stakes and officers etc. (PB)
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