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The Cook's Story single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 The Cook's Story
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Tale of her first position as housemaid to a newly married couple, and of the murderous friendship of the husband's first love. She cares for the wife from the time she gives birth, and mother and child soon die. Includes a ghostly apparition in the maid's dreams. Well narrated. (PB)

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