Miss Bracegirdle does her Duty by Stacy Aumnier. Number 2 of 27 Great British Short Stories
Premise: A sheltered and prim (both braced and girdled) Englishwoman is in France. Things go terribly wrong…
Review: Liked this – sweet, arch, wise. Ultimately the character is Unchanged by her experience (I think).
Outa ten: 8
Keywords: comedy, xenophobia
Quotes: none
Words: none
Look up: Marcus Stone paintings
Afterlives of the story/connections to other stuff: Got turned into a Hitchcock tv show?!
Had a female lead in the African Queen vibe to her (except that character IS changed)
Is it online? Yes
marchudson.net 
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