Author: KINGSLEY, HENRY
Title: Geoffry Hamlyn in Australia. An adaption of the Australian portion of Henry Kingsley's 'Geoffry Hamyln'. For senior pupils
Description: Melbourne, Whitcombe & Tombs. 1912. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book, This is the 1912 Melbourne edition published in the series "Southern Cross Continuous Readers". 141 pages, frontispiece and other b/w illustrations. Covers a little soiled, lacks 4cm of the bottom of the spine, old school stamp on front cover. "Kingsley's first novel, 'The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn', was published in mid-1859 and was immediately successful. It traces the adventures of the Buckles and Brentwoods, Devonshire county families whose dwindling incomes could not sustain their position, leading them to seek better fortune in Australia. According to W. K. Hancock, Kingsley probably saw Tubbutt station near Delegate for it strongly resembles the setting in which Major Buckley made his elegant home. Bushfires, bushrangers and cattle-branding scenes provide drama, and the more sympathetic characters marry beautiful and wealthy brides." (Australian Dictionary of Biography). Good.

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