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She is Good for Nothing [translated from the German of Hans Christian Andersen] [for the New York Saturday Press]

Andersen, Hans Christian. "She is Good for Nothing [translated from the German of Hans Christian Andersen] [for the New York Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press. 17 Apr. 1860: 4.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

A poor washerwoman drinks herself to death, leaving her little son an orphan. Fortunately, a man whom she helped many years before left her a large amount of money which the son stands to inherit.