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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title: One for Another

Author and Title: Emma C. Wait. One for Another

First Edition: London: Samuel Tinsley, 1876. 1 volume, post 8vo., 7s. 6d.

Summary: A mysterious woman washes ashore at a rector’s village. It turns out that the woman is fleeing her fiancé’s effectively identical cousin who impersonated him at the altar. In the end, the evil cousin is removed by a convenient train crash. Now free to remarry, she jilts the good cousin, her original fiancé, and marries the rector. (LP)

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