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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).