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“Tasma”, The Rubria Ghost (short story)

“Tasma”, The Rubria Ghost (short story)

by Stories from the Archive | Dec 2, 2022 | Short story

Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848-1897), writing as “Tasma”. Published in 1878 in The Australian Ladies’ Annual, “The Rubria Ghost” concerns a young wife, “chained” to an ancient husband, who meets a ghost by moonlight on the...
M Preston Stanley Vaughan, “Is marriage a handicap to woman’s ambition?” (prose)

M Preston Stanley Vaughan, “Is marriage a handicap to woman’s ambition?” (prose)

by Stories from the Archive | Nov 18, 2022 | Article

By M. Preston Stanley Vaughan (1883-1955) The following piece appeared in 1934, the same year Millicent Preston Stanley married former South Australian Premier, Crawford Vaughan. THERE are some questions that cannot be answered by either an unqualified negative or an...
Evelyn Blackett, “For the Sake of Scalby” (fiction extract)

Evelyn Blackett, “For the Sake of Scalby” (fiction extract)

by Stories from the Archive | Nov 4, 2022 | Fiction

by Evelyn Blackett (1863-1943) A young woman forgoes her chance of love for the sake of her family. An oppressively hot February afternoon, the air above lay still, and the earth seemed as silent and lifeless as if suddenly dispeopled and forgotten. The sea was at...

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