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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title: A Widow of Windsor

Author and Title: Annie Gaskell. A Widow of Windsor: A Novel

First Edition: London: Samuel Tinsley, 1876. 1 volume, post 8vo., 7s. 6d.

Summary: The eponymous widow is pursued by a baronet’s son. He takes advantage of his older half-brother’s generous destruction of a codicil, but dies shortly thereafter in a riding accident before his wedding. (LP)

References: BL; EC; NLS

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