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A Dream That Was No Dream single work   short story  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 1887 A Dream That Was No Dream
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Set in a Victorian country township, Sinclair - with the help of a man camping out on his way to a nearby property, a ball of wool, an abandoned mistress - proves the guilt of a brutal murderer. Spurned by the girl, the murderer killed her and stuffed her in a hollow log ... (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 23 no. 270 November 1887 Z1061535 1887 periodical issue 1887 pg. 156-162
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