{"product_id":"2026100012154-secondhand-the-recollections-of-geoffry-hamlyn","title":"The Recollections Of Geoffry Hamlyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the sun-scorched wilds of colonial Australia, a gentleman adventurer named Geoffry Hamlyn narrates a sweeping tale of English emigrants who abandon the comforts of the Old World to forge new lives on the untamed frontier. The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn, first published in 1859, chronicles the intertwined destinies of several English families — bound by love, loyalty, and long-buried secrets — as they navigate the brutal beauty of the Australian bush, complete with cattle stations, bushrangers, and the ever-present threat of the wilderness. The novel pulses with romantic idealism and colonial adventure, capturing both the grandeur and the moral complexity of the settler experience with vivid, cinematic detail.\n\nHenry Kingsley, younger brother of the more celebrated Charles Kingsley, wrote this debut novel drawing directly from his own experiences as a gold-rush era immigrant in Australia, infusing the narrative with an authenticity and vigour that set it apart from armchair colonial fiction of the period. Regarded as one of the foundational texts of Australian literature, the novel wrestles with themes of class, identity, exile, and belonging — asking what it truly means to build a home in a land that remains stubbornly, magnificently foreign. For readers who hunger for a rich, panoramic portrait of a world on the cusp of transformation, Hamlyn's recollections promise a journey that is impossible to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51070626169051,"sku":"2026100012154-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c387f3a9-2307-4fb4-9616-6b484f40f6f2.png?v=1794188281","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012154-secondhand-the-recollections-of-geoffry-hamlyn","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}