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Sommerville : A Life Drama, In Ten Scenes single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1872... 1872 Sommerville : A Life Drama, In Ten Scenes
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Childhood love between a village maiden and a young baronet grows into adulthood in a western county of England. He gives up his family and fortune to marry her - supported only by his childhood friend, the woman his parents had arranged for him to marry. She becomes a nurse and dies while the married couple recover his family's lost fortunes. (PB)

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