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Marcus Clarke
The main focus of this great convict novel is the complex interaction between those in power and those who suffer, made meaningful because of its hero’s struggle against his wrongful…
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Scarcely out of print since the early 1870s, For the Term of His Natural Life has provided successive generations with a vivid account of a brutal phase of colonial life.
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke, Hamilton MacKinnon
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
"For the Term of His Natural Life book III" by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke is a seminal work in Australian literature, capturing the harsh realities of convict life in the…
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"For the Term of His Natural Life book IV " by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke is a seminal work in Australian literature, capturing the harsh realities of convict life in…
"For the Term of His Natural Life book I" by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke is a seminal work in Australian literature, capturing the harsh realities of convict life in the…
"For the Term of His Natural Life book II" by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke is a seminal work in Australian literature, capturing the harsh realities of convict life in the…
Michael Wilding
A wide-ranging examination of the life and works of Marcus Clarke.
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Drawing from existing theory, policy, practice and speculative design about how cities may evolve, the book illustrates key concepts using case studies that respond to the complex relationships between human…
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Simon Groth
A book that looks like it has fallen through time (at least until you open it up). In Hunted Down and Other Tales, Simon Groth collects three stories by Marcus…
This is the story of the convict Rufus Dawes, transported to Australia for a crime which he didn't commit.
Title: Long Odds. A novel … Illustrated by Thomas Carrington. Originally published in the Colonial Monthly. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the…
Title: Long Odds. A novel … Illustrated by Thomas Carrington. Originally published in the Colonial Monthly.. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the…
This early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900’s and before…
First published in 1874, a powerful tale of an Australian penal settlement, which originally appeared in serial form in a Melbourne paper. It follows the story of Rufus Dawes, a…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This book has been deemed as a classic and has stood the test of time. The book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to…
Marcus Clark
Slices of Life
Each of these stories shows a different facet of life. Some stories are humorous and some are gravely serious. There are thirteen short stories in this Australian…
The classic novel of convict Australia, For the Term of His Natural Life is a novel of tremendous power, and also of suffering and inhumanity.
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The novel charts the misfortunes of Richard Devine, falsely accused of murder, through the worst Australian penal settlements, the notorious Macquarie Harbour, Port Arthur, and Norfolk Island, retaining his humanity…
Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for a crime he did not commit, is an important character in Australian literature. Set in convict Australia, this colonial novel is a narrative of…
Andrew McCann
A critical study of Marcus Clarke - arguably Australia’s best known and most important nineteenth-century writer. It situates Clarke both within the bohemian culture of Melbourne and a burgeoning cosmopolitan…
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Old Tales Of A Young Country is a book written by Marcus Clarke and first published in 1871. It is a collection of short stories that depict life in colonial…
Marcus Clarke’s For The Term Of His Natural Life is an ambitious tale of tragedy, redemption, and the ugliness and resilience of man.
Meticulously using contemporary newspaper reports, court records, published memoirs, private letters and diaries, Michael Wilding tells the story of three troubled geniuses of Australian writing and their world of poetry…
Hamilton MacKinnon
Title: The Marcus Clarke Memorial Volume, containing selections from the writings of Marcus Clarke, together with Lord Rosebery’s letter, etc., and a biography of the deceased author. Compiled and edited…
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1890 Original Publisher: Fergusson
Marcus Clarke, Hamilton MacKinnon
This book includes classic tales of Australian bush life, featuring the work of two of Australia's most celebrated writers, Hamilton MacKinnon and Marcus Clarke. Set against the rugged and beautiful…
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Marcus J Clark
Two men of equal background, stature, and physical build stand side-by-side facing impossible odds.One of those men turns tail, gives in, and walks away. The other broken, defeated, beaten, exhausted…
Marcus A Clarke Jr
This book is a photographic anthology of stories describing various inventions through out history. It follows Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs that was written in 1954 to explain human motivation…
Title: The Austral Edition of the Selected Works of Marcus Clarke, together with a biography and monograph of the deceased author, compiled and edited by Hamilton Mackinnon. [With portraits.]
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
L.D. Clark
A satirical novel of university politics, Washington government and the decayof American society over the past 40 years.
A monumental project which brings the English-speaking work key selections from the remarkable literature of early Christianity – vertiable trasures of Christian faith and theology in superb translations.
Originally published: New York: Random House, 1974.
Marcus a H Clarke
For the Term of His Natural Life is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition . Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research…
Stories of Australia in the Early Days is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as…
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