Up The Country: A Tale Of The Early Australian Squattocracy
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Set against the sweeping grandeur of colonial Australia, Up the Country immerses readers in the rugged, untamed world of the early Australian squattocracy — the landed gentry who carved their empires from the wilderness of the interior. Written under the pen name Brent of Bin Bin — widely attributed to the celebrated Australian author Miles Franklin — this richly atmospheric novel chronicles the lives, rivalries, and social ambitions of pioneering families as they battle the unforgiving landscape and each other for land, status, and survival. With a cast of vividly drawn characters and an unflinching eye for the social hierarchies of the colonial era, the narrative presents a world both romantically heroic and starkly brutal. Franklin's prose, cloaked behind her famous pseudonym, carries the unmistakable hallmarks of her literary voice: sharp social observation, a deep reverence for the Australian bush, and a feminist undercurrent that quietly subverts the patriarchal world it depicts. Up the Country is the first in the Brent of Bin Bin series, and its significance in the Australian literary canon is profound — it stands as a vivid historical document as much as a work of fiction, illuminating the formative years of a nation still finding its identity. For those who dare to venture into its pages, the question is not merely who will claim the land, but what the land will ultimately claim of them.
Author: Brent Of Bin Bin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 2nd aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Set against the sweeping grandeur of colonial Australia, Up the Country immerses readers in the rugged, untamed world of the early Australian squattocracy — the landed gentry who carved their empires from the wilderness of the interior. Written under the pen name Brent of Bin Bin — widely attributed to the celebrated Australian author Miles Franklin — this richly atmospheric novel chronicles the lives, rivalries, and social ambitions of pioneering families as they battle the unforgiving landscape and each other for land, status, and survival. With a cast of vividly drawn characters and an unflinching eye for the social hierarchies of the colonial era, the narrative presents a world both romantically heroic and starkly brutal. Franklin's prose, cloaked behind her famous pseudonym, carries the unmistakable hallmarks of her literary voice: sharp social observation, a deep reverence for the Australian bush, and a feminist undercurrent that quietly subverts the patriarchal world it depicts. Up the Country is the first in the Brent of Bin Bin series, and its significance in the Australian literary canon is profound — it stands as a vivid historical document as much as a work of fiction, illuminating the formative years of a nation still finding its identity. For those who dare to venture into its pages, the question is not merely who will claim the land, but what the land will ultimately claim of them.