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A young Islander woman gives a man some pearls in payment for helping her to escape her island, where she faces a forced marriage. Once at sea she dies, and the young man faces danger from a shipwreck and from a murderous Chinese sailor who seeks to steal the pearls.
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains an 'Asian' character.
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