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A Midnight Adventure single work   short story   detective  
Issue Details: First known date: 1878... 1878 A Midnight Adventure
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Detective tale (attempting the W. W. style) by an ex-member of the Victorian detective police force. He discovers a murder in a country hotel with the assistance of the victim's ghost ... Quickly degenerates into melodrama; dialogue especially stilted. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 14 no. 160 September 1878 Z1024740 1878 periodical issue 1878 pg. 17-18
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