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An Outback Marriage
A. B. Paterson
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An Outback Marriage tells of a young Englishman on a tour of the colonies, who gets more than he bargained for when he sets out to find the heir to a fortune. This is the story not of one marriage but several, bringing the whole of colonial society - from the squattocracy to cattle rustlers - to vivid, unforgettable life. No writer better captured the heart of early Australia better than Paterson - the landscape, the weather, the trials and the earthy humour that was the key to survival.
An Outback Marriage tells of a young Englishman on a tour of the colonies, who gets more than he bargained for when he sets out to find the heir to a fortune. This is the story not of one marriage but several, bringing the whole of colonial society - from the squattocracy to cattle rustlers - to vivid, unforgettable life. No writer better captured the heart of early Australia better than Paterson - the landscape, the weather, the trials and the earthy humour that was the key to survival.
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On the day when Hugh and Mrs. Gordon read Mr. Grant's letter at Kuryong, the train deposited at Tarrong a self-reliant young lady of about twenty, accompanied by nearly a truck-full of luggage—solid leather portmanteaux, canvas-covered bags, iron boxes, and so on—which produced a great sensation among the rustics. She was handsome enough to be called a beauty, and everything about her spoke of exuberant health and vitality. Her figure was supple, and she had the clear pink and white complexion which belongs to cold climates.
She seemed accustomed to being waited on, and watched without emotion the guard and the solitary railway official—porter, station-master, telegraph-operator and lantern-man, all rolled into one—haul her hundredweights of l. . . Read More
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A hundred and twenty three years after it was first published, 'The Outback Marriage: A Story of Australian Life' is marvellously vivid still in its language and several layers of plot lines. With a great economy of words, this book has crammed so much into less then two hundred and fifty pages – a
I was in Australia and never saw Buffalo on a menu. Well, obviously I need to go back...more
I know Banjo Paterson is supposed to be essential Australian literature or whatever but,,, the explicit racism really didn’t do it for me. Also for someone who apparently is a staple of Australian culture he doesn’t seem to like it too much? The only time he describes the Australian outback in a pos
Humorous novel set in the late 19th century rural Australia. Romanticized view of the time and the culture but the author was native to the time and place, so presumably is true to their self definition. I enjoyed the lighthearted story and the description of the places.
An insight into life in Australia at the turn of the 19th century. A clever story is woven amongst the observations of life on a station and you’ll be taken along on the ride of a witty story full of very interesting characters.
A short novel about Australia and the people living there. The main 'point' is that… well, I'm not sure.
It could be Considine, because it would make sense. It's in the title. But how much of that is really occupied with him? There's a good bit of the book detailing Mary Grant and Hugh.
Basically the
I love Banjo Paterson. I love the way he writes - the characterisations, the occasional witticisms, the description of country that makes you feel like you’re there swatting flies and melting in the heat. A most enjoyable read.
Thought I'd read this as Banjo Patterson was my Australian Grandfather's favourite author. It is essentially a Story, in which characters are revealed by their actions rather than described. I assumed the principal characters were those introduced in the first chapter, but by the end I realised that