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Loading... The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh, A Penal Exile in Australia, 1825-1844 (1924)by Ralph Rashleigh
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Australia's first "true" fictional work of mild greatness - okay that's filled with qualifiers but the point is valid. Written in the 1840s, a time when old people could still remember the colonisation of Australia, the work was not published for several more decades, and Tucker's authorship is disputed. This is a fascinating tale, a melodrama, engaging with issues of class, convicts, and the strange, often bracing and sometimes despairing relationship that white settlers of the first two generations had with the Australian landscape. In a way it speaks to us differently now, because we're also fascinated in the mindset of the people from this time. Well worth reading if you're interested in Australia's history. Be aware that it is most certainly a melodrama, though! The characters are vigorous but not necessarily deep. Coincidences abound. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Reprint of a book of which the first authentic edition was published in 1952. Thought to have been written in 1840, it relates the grim realities of convict transportation and early colonial life. Features an introduction by Colin Roderick. One of the TImprints Classics' series. No library descriptions found. |
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