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- ID
- b17
- Title
- 'The Dove'
- Genre
- Story
- Page Count
- 5
- Word Count
- 890
- Publisher
- Manchester Guardian
- Publication Year
- 1927
- Document Types
- Original Manuscript (mss)
- Topics
- Death, Childhood, Birds
A story of two children and the death of a pet bird.
Later, hearing doves singing, 'their faces seemed to reflect from somewhere an indefinable look of wistful unbelief, of sad conviction, as if knowing this could never be.'
An undated manuscript is held in the collection of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, USA. (https://archives.iu.edu/catalog/InU-Li-VAD6063)
In the Manchester Guardian (October 6, 1927), Day's End and Other Stories (1928).
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