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Maud Willoughby's Inheritance single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 Maud Willoughby's Inheritance
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Melbourne detective tale of robbery, romance and impersonation. A clergyman is robbed of £500 given to him for charity and a detective comes to live with his family for several weeks to solve the crime. Fortune-telling and character assessment show that much is the reverse of what it seems: the governess and the rebellious step-son suspected; the light-hearted daughter and the English cousin she must marry to inherit a fortune apparently motiveless. Robbery and attempted murder follow ... Well written tale. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 26 no. 315 August 1891 Z1037014 1891 periodical issue 1891 pg. 662-666
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