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The anthology of colonial Australian romance fiction / edited by Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, Australian.
- Romance-language fiction, Australian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 278 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Colonial Australian Romance Fiction
- The Desolate Homestead (1866)
- A Romance of Coma (1878)
- Twelve Miles Broad (1885)
- Barren Love (1890)
- Victims of Circe (1891)
- Miss Jackson (1892)
- A Bush Girl (1892)
- Lorna Travis: A Christmas Story (1893)
- A Love Story (1893)
- An Unfinished Love Story (1896)
- A Sweet Day (1897)
- The Larrikin of Diamond Creek (1899)
- Cross Currents (1899)
- The Inside Station (1899)
- The Red Kangaroo (1907)
- The Housekeeper (1907)
- A Book of Verses (1907)
- The Bushman's Love Story (1909)
- Notes on the Authors
- Publication Sources
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-277).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780522859591
- 0522859593
- OCLC:
- 1555347217
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