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A masterpiece in style and scope, For the Term of His Natural Life is an ambitious tale of tragedy, redemption, and the ugliness and resilience of man. Wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit, a young aristocrat is sent to pay his dues in Van Diemen's Land. As a criminal in this new colony, Rufus Dawes is forced to endure tremendous suffering and inhumanity, from the baseless cruelty ...
Marcus Clarke. 3.95. 2,900 ratings192 reviews. The most famous work by the Australian novelist and poet, For the Term of His Natural Life is a powerful tale of an Australian penal settlement, which originally appeared in serial form in a Melbourne paper. Genres Classics Australia Fiction Historical Fiction Historical 19th Century Tasmania.
1 de sept. de 2002 · For the Term of His Natural Life Credits: Produced by Col Choat, and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Historical fiction Subject: Australia -- Fiction Subject: Prisoners -- Fiction Subject: Penal colonies -- Australia -- Fiction Subject: Penal transportation -- Fiction ...
19 de oct. de 2000 · Scarcely out of print since the early 1870s, For the Term of His Natural Life has provided successive generations with a vivid account of a brutal phase of colonial life. The main focus of this great convict novel is the complex interaction between those in power and those who suffer, made meaningful because of its hero's struggle against his wrongful imprisonment.
Marcus Clarke's colonial convict novel For the Term of His Natural Life is one. of the few Australian novels to have been recognized overseas as a classic. Indeed, it enjoys somewhat lonely pre-eminence in the Oxford University Press World's Classics Series.'. The first English edition of His Natural was published by Richard Bentley in 1875, a ...
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11 de ene. de 2008 · For the term of his natural life by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop, 1846-1881. Publication date 1892 Publisher London : R. Bentley and son Collection cdl; americana Contributor University of California Libraries Language English. viii, 472 p. ; 20 cm Published also under title: His natural life Addeddate 2008-01-11 22:15:46 Call number
