The anthology of colonial Australian romance fiction
Title:
The anthology of colonial Australian romance fiction
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edited by Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver.
Publication Information:
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 278 pages)
ISBN:
9780522859591
Abstract:
This book "collects captivating stories of love and passion, longing and regret. In these tales women arriving in the New World make decisions about relationships and marriage, social conventions, finances and career-and even the future of the nation itself. The 'slim and graceful' Australian girl becomes a new character type: independent, self-possessed and full of promise. These stories also show women gaining experience about the world, and the men, around them. They are put to the test by a new life and a new place. And not every relationship works out well. The best of colonial Australian romance fiction is collected in this anthology, from writers such as Ada Cambridge, Rosa Praed, Francis Adams, Henry Lawson, Mura Leigh and many others."--Publisher's website.
Local Note:
UAS/JPL: EBSCO Academic Subscription.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-277).
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Contents:
Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver / Colonial Australian Romance Fiction -- 'Hal' / The Desolate Homestead (1866) -- Mura Leigh / A Romance of Coma (1878) -- JS Borlase / Twelve Miles Broad (1885) -- 'Tasma' (Jessie Couvreur) / Barren Love (1890) -- Mrs Mannington Caffyn / Victims of Circe (1891) -- Francis Adams / Miss Jackson (1892) A Bush Girl (1892) -- FE Forrester / Lorna Travis: A Christmas Story (1893) -- Henry Lawson / A Love Story (1893) An Unfinished Love Story (1896) -- Ada Cambridge / A Sweet Day (1897) -- EW Hornung / The Larrikin of Diamond Creek (1899) -- Mrs Patchett Martin / Cross Currents (1899) -- Douglas Sladen / The Inside Station (1899) -- Ethel Castilla / The Red Kangaroo (1907) -- M Forrest / The House keeper (1907) -- Alice Grant Rosman / A Book of Verses (1907) -- Rosa Praed / The Bushman's Love Story (1909).
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.