The Sentimental Bloke And Other Verses
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition (red hardcover binding with ribbon bookmark). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding condition: Appears intact and solid. The book is part of The Collector's Library of Australia's Great Books series.
One of the great treasures of Australian vernacular literature, The Sentimental Bloke and Other Verses chronicles the larrikin life of Bill, a rough-hewn street tough from Melbourne's inner suburbs whose world is transformed by love. Written in the rich, comic Australian slang of the early twentieth century, C. J. Dennis presents a narrative verse sequence that is equal parts tender romance and sharp social comedy, capturing the idiom and spirit of working-class Australia with remarkable authenticity. This collection, chosen and introduced by Alec H. Chisholm, draws together Dennis's most beloved poems and illustrates why the original 1915 publication became one of the fastest-selling books in Australian publishing history. Part of The Collector's Library of Australia's Great Books, this volume stands as an essential document of the Australian national character — warm, self-deprecating, and irrepressibly good-humoured.
Author: C. J. Dennis
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition (red hardcover binding with ribbon bookmark). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding condition: Appears intact and solid. The book is part of The Collector's Library of Australia's Great Books series.
One of the great treasures of Australian vernacular literature, The Sentimental Bloke and Other Verses chronicles the larrikin life of Bill, a rough-hewn street tough from Melbourne's inner suburbs whose world is transformed by love. Written in the rich, comic Australian slang of the early twentieth century, C. J. Dennis presents a narrative verse sequence that is equal parts tender romance and sharp social comedy, capturing the idiom and spirit of working-class Australia with remarkable authenticity. This collection, chosen and introduced by Alec H. Chisholm, draws together Dennis's most beloved poems and illustrates why the original 1915 publication became one of the fastest-selling books in Australian publishing history. Part of The Collector's Library of Australia's Great Books, this volume stands as an essential document of the Australian national character — warm, self-deprecating, and irrepressibly good-humoured.