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[...]in concluding his discussion, Dr newport remarks on the inscription on the hogarth family gravestone which states that Mary's brother George, when twenty years old, 'like her was taken ill and died in one night'. no inference is made, but the reader is inevitably tempted to wonde...

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Published inDickensian Vol. 111; no. 497; p. 267
Main Authors Long, William F, Chong, Mairi E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Dickens Fellowship 01.12.2015
Subjects
Abdomen
Deaths
Editors
Families
Inference
Reading
Rheumatic fever
Trauma
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Summary:[...]in concluding his discussion, Dr newport remarks on the inscription on the hogarth family gravestone which states that Mary's brother George, when twenty years old, 'like her was taken ill and died in one night'. no inference is made, but the reader is inevitably tempted to wonder if any commonality existed between the early, sudden deaths of these members of the same family.
ISSN:0012-2440