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Issue Details: First known date: 1886... 1886 Choosing a Wife
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Ironic English romance. A refusal to allow Edgar Fawcett, a newly commissioned Indian officer, to marry Elizabeth Fleming causes the lovers a year's unhappiness and separation. When Fawcett returns to England with a young wife eleven years later he discovers Elizabeth a comfortable matron and her father's wisdom justified. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 22 no. 257 October 1886 Z1031476 1886 periodical issue 1886 pg. 87-88
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