A young man's story by Sarah Doudney
A young man's story by Sarah Doudney is a Victorian-era short story written in the late 19th century. It centers on a young man whose broken engagement and weary city life are overturned by a supernatural warning from his former fiancée, leading him to avoid a fatal train accident and opening the way to renewed love. The narrator, a discontented clerk, recalls falling in love with May Newton in the quiet seaside
village of Longbeach, then fracturing the engagement through impatience and pride. Months later, en route to another town, he glimpses May on the Longbeach platform, smiling and beckoning; he steps off the train, which then crashes down the line. Learning that May has moved to Richmond and been gravely ill, he seeks her out and discovers she had dozed the previous evening, wrapped in a white shawl, and dreamt vividly of warning him at that very station. The shared experience restores hope; they reconcile, May recovers, and his circumstances improve through an inheritance, while the tale closes on the suggestion that spirit can reach spirit beyond time and distance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Doudney, Sarah, 1843-1926 |
|---|---|
| Title | A young man's story |
| Original Publication | London: The Leisure Hour Office, 1886. |
| Series Title | Produced from The girl's own annual illustrated, vol. VII. 1886, "Feathery flakes" extra Christmas part. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Supernatural -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | England -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Betrothal -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78060 |
| Release Date | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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