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The Illiterate Robber single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 The Illiterate Robber
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Brief tale of a Paris robber who is released from court after pleading that he could not read. He only prsented a threatening note to a gentleman that it might be read to him, not to demand his valuables or his life. Cafe narrative. (PB)

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    Western Europe, Europe,
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