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- ID
- b139
- Title
- "The Ferry.
- Genre
- Story
- Page Count
- 18
- Word Count
- 4240
- Publisher
- John O'London's Weekly
- Publication Year
- 1940
- Document Types
- First-Person Narratives
- Character: Richardson
- Topics
- Sisters
A fisherman named Richardson takes a room on a stormy night with the owner of a ferry and her demented sister. Bates used the name Richardson in other works, including Love for Lydia.
In John O'London's Weekly (September 6, 1940), The Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories (1940), Thirty-One Selected Tales (1947), Love in a Wych Elm and Other Stories (2009).
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