For the Term of His Natural Life (Dodo Press) - Softcover

Clarke, Marcus

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9781406512038: For the Term of His Natural Life (Dodo Press)

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ISBN 10: 1406512036 ISBN 13: 9781406512038

Publisher: Dodo Press, 2006

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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.

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Forced to conceal his identity and forego his inheritance, Rufus Dawes is unjustly implicated in his father s murder, convicted of theft and sentenced to be transported to Australia, where he encounters the brutality of the penal system. First published as a serial in the AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL between 1870 and 1872 and in a revised, shortened form as a novel in 1874, For the Term of His Natural Life is an Australian classic, a tale of inhumanity and suffering during Australia s early colonial history.

About the Author:

Marcus Clarke (1846-1881), the author of For the Term of his Natural Life, was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1863, working on a sheep station before becoming a journalist and, later, an editor. He wrote plays, short stories and essays as well as novels, but it is For the Term of his Natural Life that is regarded as his masterpiece, and as one of the most important Australian novels of the nineteenth century.

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