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The Younger Brother single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1880... 1880 The Younger Brother
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English romance. A calculating mother breaks her daughter's engagement to a younger son once it seems that his brother will not die, and bullies her into marrying a German count. Tragedy follows when the count is revealed as a valet, and the younger son inherits the title after all. Slight - mercenary marriage theme. (PB)

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