Anthology Of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction

by Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver

Overview

Marauding bushrangers, lost explorers, mad shepherds, new chums and mounted troopers: these are some of the characters who populate the often perilous world of colonial Australian adventure fiction. Squatters defend their hard-earned properties from attack, while floods and other natural disasters threaten to wipe any trace of settlement away. Colonial Australian adventure fiction takes its characters on a journey into remote and unfamiliar territory, often in pursuit of wealth and well-being. But these journeys are invariably fraught with danger, and everything comes at a price.

This anthology collects the best examples of colonial Australian adventure fiction, with stories by Ernest Favenc, Louis Becke, Rosa Praed, Guy Boothby, and many others.

Also available in this series:
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780522860412
Publisher:	Melbourne University Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	767 KB

About the Author

Rachael Weaver is a Senior Research Fellow in English at the University of Melbourne. She is author of The Criminal of the Century (2006).