Stories Of Australia In The Early Days
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Pages: moderate foxing on prelims and book block. Binding: remains tight. Boards: worn with light bumping on corners and spine.
Few writers captured the raw, convict-haunted soul of colonial Australia with the ferocity and literary grace of Marcus Clarke, and Stories of Australia in the Early Days stands as a compelling testament to that vision. This collection transports the reader to the rugged, unforgiving landscapes of nineteenth-century Australia, presenting vivid portraits of pioneers, convicts, and settlers whose lives were shaped by hardship, isolation, and the relentless demands of a new and untamed continent. Clarke chronicles the human drama of colonial existence with unflinching realism, drawing on the same piercing social conscience that made his landmark novel For the Term of His Natural Life an enduring masterpiece of Australian literature. Clarke's prose is marked by a journalist's eye for detail and a novelist's gift for character, rendering the forgotten corners of early Australian society with both sympathy and moral clarity. These stories argue, implicitly but powerfully, that the foundation of a nation is built not by grand figures of history but by ordinary men and women caught in extraordinary circumstances. Published in a second edition by Hutchinson & Co. of London in 1897, this collection remains an invaluable primary document of colonial Australian life — and a reminder that the stories buried deepest in a nation's past are often its most revealing.
Author: Marcus Clarke
Format: Hardback
Published: 1897, Hutchinson & Co.
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 2nd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Pages: moderate foxing on prelims and book block. Binding: remains tight. Boards: worn with light bumping on corners and spine.
Few writers captured the raw, convict-haunted soul of colonial Australia with the ferocity and literary grace of Marcus Clarke, and Stories of Australia in the Early Days stands as a compelling testament to that vision. This collection transports the reader to the rugged, unforgiving landscapes of nineteenth-century Australia, presenting vivid portraits of pioneers, convicts, and settlers whose lives were shaped by hardship, isolation, and the relentless demands of a new and untamed continent. Clarke chronicles the human drama of colonial existence with unflinching realism, drawing on the same piercing social conscience that made his landmark novel For the Term of His Natural Life an enduring masterpiece of Australian literature. Clarke's prose is marked by a journalist's eye for detail and a novelist's gift for character, rendering the forgotten corners of early Australian society with both sympathy and moral clarity. These stories argue, implicitly but powerfully, that the foundation of a nation is built not by grand figures of history but by ordinary men and women caught in extraordinary circumstances. Published in a second edition by Hutchinson & Co. of London in 1897, this collection remains an invaluable primary document of colonial Australian life — and a reminder that the stories buried deepest in a nation's past are often its most revealing.