Title: Waiting for Tidings
Author and Title: Elizabeth Ashurst Biggs. Waiting for Tidings
First Edition: London: Henry S. King, 1874. 3 volumes, post 8vo, 31s. 6d.
Summary: Margaret Cressingham elopes with an unrefined sailor, from whom she is shortly thereafter parted by deceit. The book examines her legal limbo due to the uncertainty over whether her husband is alive or not; that husband who could return at any moment to take full control of her property. UIUC owns a presentation copy of this novel: "Joseph Biggs with dear love from the author." (LP)
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References: Bodleian; BL; EC; Illinois
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- Volume 3 from Google Books
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