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A Life's Lie single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 A Life's Lie
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'Henry Gervayse marries a woman he does not love in order to protect an inheritance to which he is not entitled. Their ensuing life of falsity ends in murder and suicide. Set in England.' (PB)

(The story includes a reference to Gervayse's relatives, the rightful inheritors, who had 'recently amassed a splendid fortune in Australia'.)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 3 no. 126 25 January 1868 Z1059526 1868 periodical issue 1868 pg. 342-344
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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