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A Bride from the Bush

E. W. Hornung

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I saw she did.’

‘Don’t you believe it! Even if she had, it would have been only for your sake. You wait a little bit; wait till she knows me, and if she wants to kiss me then—let her!’

Alfred was pained by his young wife’s tone; he had never before heard her speak so strangely, and her eyes were wistful. He [Pg 41] did not quite understand her, but he did not try to, then; he varied the subject.

‘How about Gran?’

‘Oh, that Gran!’ cried Gladys. ‘I can’t suffer him at all.’

‘Can’t suffer Gran! What on earth do you mean, Gladys?’

‘I mean that he was just a little beast in the boat! You think he was as glad to see you as you were him, because you judge by yourself; but not a bit of it; I know better. It was all put on with him, and a small “all” too. Then you asked him to tell me about the places we pa. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This book is basically a tale of in-laws from Hell. I loved the spunky little bride from the Bush (Gladys), and I also loved that Alfred was essentially one of those “I LOVE MY WIFE” characters. Delighted that it ends on a happy note; it really made me smile.

This book is nothing to write home about. It starts as a mildly humorous
(though very dated) story about a young man who brings a beautiful but "savage" Australian wife into the bosom of his well-to-do and very refined British family. Half-way through things get melodramatic and I skipped the rest,

An interesting and easy to read story about an Australian bride of an upperclass Englishman and the problems both she and her in-laws have adjusting to each other.