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The Promised Land

D. K. Broster

First published 1932
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

"Caroline Murchison and Ellen Wright are visiting Siena. Ellen has dreamed of visiting Italy for decades, but the presence of her overbearing cousin Caroline, who is forever arranging things and won't leave her side for a moment, is threatening to ruin the entire trip. Desperate to visit Florence alone, without her cousin's constant talking, knitting and interfering, Ellen is willing to do just about anything for a moment's solitary peace." (The Haunted Library)

Nash's Magazine [Vol. 83, No. 434, July 1929] The Haunted Library website states that there is no supernatural content.

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