An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Miss Mix [condensed by 'Bret' for the Californian]

Harte, Francis Bret. "Miss Mix [condensed by 'Bret' for the Californian]." New York Saturday Press, January 20, 1866, 34-36.
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

A young governess comes to teach a brutish man's daughter. After some mysterious events, the father burns down his own house, in which he imprisoned his former wives, and asks the governess to live with him.