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The Romance of a Station
"The romance of the station" is set in Australia and tells the story of Mrs. Ansdell and her husband, Alec. Excerpt: The undulating outlines of our Island gave promise of picturesque scenery. It was all interesting and romantic. Something was fascinating in the thought that only at the full or new moon when the tide was lowest, could man or beast swim across the Narrows to the mainland. I liked the idea of being separated from the world by that long, lonely, man-grove-fringed strait which, no broader than a river at its neck, widened out some twenty miles lower into the beautiful Gundabine harbour that had filled me with admiration as we had entered it in the coasting steamer. In calm weathe...
Fugitive Anne, A Romance of the Unexplored Bush
This is a mystery novel set in Australia and revolves around Mr. Elias Bedo and his wife Anne Marley. Mr. Bedo and his wife were in a boat heading to Cooktown. Anne Marley is discovered missing and no one knows what happened to her. Who is responsible for her disappearance? Or is she running from her husband?
Australian Life, Black and White
This historical novel recounts a woman's recollections of her early life in Australia. She describes the scenery, the smell of the bush, the dust, dangers, and isolation, as well as the massacres at Myall Creek. She is sympathetic to individual Aboriginals.
Policy and Passion (Esprios Classics)
Rosa Campbell Praed (1851-1935), often credited as Mrs Campbell Praed (and also known as Rosa Caroline Praed), was an Australian novelist. Her large bibliography covered multiple genres, and books for children as well as adults. She has been described as the first Australian novelist to achieve a significant international reputation. Rosa had a passion for reading and writing from childhood. Many of her early experiences were used for the political and social life of her early books. In 1880 she published her first book, An Australian Heroine. This book was followed by Policy and Passion (1881), one of the best of her earlier books. A large proportion of her novels were based on her Australian experiences. Others dealt with the occult, with spiritualism, or with abnormal states of mind.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land
Novel; outback Queensland setting; references to conflict and treatment of Aborgines by settlers.
The Romance of a Station (Esprios Classics)
Rosa Campbell Praed (1851-1935), often credited as Mrs Campbell Praed (and also known as Rosa Caroline Praed), was an Australian novelist. Her large bibliography covered multiple genres, and books for children as well as adults. She has been described as the first Australian novelist to achieve a significant international reputation. Rosa had a passion for reading and writing from childhood. Many of her early experiences were used for the political and social life of her early books. In 1880 she published her first book, An Australian Heroine. This book was followed by Policy and Passion (1881), one of the best of her earlier books. A large proportion of her novels were based on her Australian experiences. Others dealt with the occult, with spiritualism, or with abnormal states of mind.
The Insane Root
This novel revolves around Isàdas Pacha, an Ambassador, and his niece, Mademoiselle Rachel Isàdas. In the Abarian Embassy in London, Isàdas Pacha lay sick unto death. His niece summons' Ruel Bey the first secretary Ambassador to call on his cousin, Dr. Lucien Marillier. When Pacha meets with the doctor, he entrusts a letter of a private nature in his hands. Lucien is to deliver the letter to the emperor and does not want his secretary, Ruel to come in contact with the letter. Pacha fears that Ruel Bey wishes to marry his niece for her social station, rather than for any real love for her. Isàdas Pacha feels that Ruel should be tested in such a way as to protect his niece. The doctor accepts this assignment because it affects Mademoiselle Rachel Isàdas' future. But he did not realize he would become attached to her.
Rosa! Rosa!
"Rosa's story is a rich and dramatic one, full of psychological interest. In Rosa! Rosa!, Patricia Clarke shows how she managed her amazing output in the midst of family problems, marital woes, illness more frequent with the years, and a constant changing of 'homes'." "With this analysis of Praed's life, Patricia Clarke offers a new and original evaluation of her place in the history of Australian women."--BOOK JACKET.
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