Day: 17 April 2022

Short story: The Conquest, or a Mail Companion (1837)

Posted on By Norena Shopland
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The hero of the following sketch, though now too wealthy to incur adventures such as the one I am about to tell, is, in other respects, so unchanged, that our fair Amalekites will readily guess who sat for this portrait, even if they have not previously heard the tale from the original’s own lips:- Beneath the starlight, uneclipsed … Read More “Short story: The Conquest, or a Mail Companion (1837)” »

‘The Conquest, or a Mail Companion’ Review

Posted on By Norena Shopland
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SPOILER ALERT – This review includes information that may spoil your reading of the original story. To read The Conquest first – click here. In January 1837 the Welsh newspaper the Monmouthshire Merlin published a short story by a writer who is only identified by the initials I.H. Although the Merlin features a number of short stories by writers using initials only one … Read More “‘The Conquest, or a Mail Companion’ Review” »