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Includes a serialised novel and 19 sketches published in the Sunday Chronicle (Manchester) between 1911 and 1914. Most of the sketches are gently ironic observations of the small snobberies, vanities and human frailties of working- class and lower middle-class English society.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Verona,
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Italy,c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Universita di Verona. Dipartimento di Anglistica
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- The Brand of the Wild, single work novella (p. 1-115)
- The Midst of Life : How Mr. Gorry Met the Ghost of His Youth, single work short story (p. 119-121)
- A Change of Heart : Concerning the Deception of Mr. Horace K. Priestly, single work short story (p. 122-125)
- A Fellow Feeling, single work short story (p. 126-128)
- Escape From the Red Bull, single work short story (p. 129-132)
- Em'ly's Husband : Mr. Opper Plays a Great Card, single work short story humour (p. 133-136)
- The Intervention of Uncle 'Arry : And the Christmas Party Which Went All Wrong, single work short story (p. 137-140)
- The Way of a Man With a Girl, single work short story (p. 141-147)
- Her Son Bill, single work short story (p. 144-147)
- The Man With the Spats, single work short story (p. 148-151)
- A Seaside Philanderer : Mr Jupp and the Lady With the Toy Pomeranian, single work short story (p. 152-155)
- Tike Me Back to London : A Cockney Yearning from the South Seas, single work short story (p. 156-158)
- Mignonette, single work short story (p. 158-162)
- Storming Ellis Island, single work short story (p. 163-166)
- The Elopement : Mr Parbury's Dilemma and His Way of Escape, single work short story humour (p. 167-170)
- The Return of the Native : A Strange Happening Near the Shores of Albion, single work short story (p. 171-173)
- Matching, single work short story (p. 174-177)
- The Homecoming : A Crisis in the Affairs of Danny Baughan, single work short story (p. 178-180)
- The German Sailor : As I Found Him on the High Seas, single work short story (p. 181-184)
- Teuton and Slav : A Quaint Partnership Dissolved by War, single work short story (p. 185-187)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Italian Labours of Love
2002-2003
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 247 2002-2003; (p. 7)
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Italian Labours of Love
2002-2003
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 247 2002-2003; (p. 7)
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