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All for Her : A Sailor's Story single work   short story   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 1887 All for Her : A Sailor's Story
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Romance of Northern England and Australia. A sailor falls in love with a rural English lass but after a humorous Christmas Eve serenading competition with the local poet he discovers that she loves another she sent away years before. The sailor tracks him down on the Australian goldfields and sends him home to her. Light entertaining romance; unusual narrative voice and mixture of genres. (PB)

Notes

  • From Lett's Illustrated Household Magazine

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 22 no. 260 January 1887 Z1044950 1887 periodical issue 1887 pg. 249-250
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Subjects:
  • Goldfields area, Southeast Western Australia, Western Australia,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Australia,
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