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The Red Chamber single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 The Red Chamber
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Tale of lost family gold, a murdered parent and romance. The discovery of a cryptogram in the pocket of a fleeing thief enables a brother and sister to locate their vanished father's gold - and his skeleton. And it enables the hero to marry the neighbouring heiress he loves; much space devoted to the cryptogram solution. (PB).

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 25 no. 294 November 1889 Z1010005 1889 periodical issue 1889 pg. 126-129
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