For the Term of His Natural Life
Author(s): Clarke Marcus
This great Australian classic was first published in 1874 - a powerful tale of an Australian penal settlement, which originally appeared in serial form in a Melbourne paper. It follows the story of Rufus Dawes, a young man transported for a murder which he did not commit. The harsh and inhumane treatment handed out to the convicts, some of whom were transported for minor crimes, is vividly conveyed. The novel was based on research by the author as well as a visit to the penal settlement of Port Arthur.
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Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (1846-881) was an Australian novelist and poet, best known for his novel For the Term of his Natural Life. He was already writing stories for the Australian Magazine, when in 1867 he joined the staff of the Melbourne paper, the Argus. He briefly visited Tasmania in 1870 at the request of the Argus to experience at first hand the settings of articles he was writing on the convict period. The following month his great novel His Natural Life (later called For the Term of His Natural Life) commenced serialisation in the Australasian Journal. Clarke was an important literary figure in Australia, and was the centre of an important bohemian circle. In spite of his popular success Clarke was constantly involved in pecuniary difficulties, which are said to have hastened his death at Melbourne on 2 August 1881.
General Fields
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- : New Holland Publishers Pty, Limited
- : New Holland (Australia)
- : 0.41
- : April 2012
- : 150mm X 100mm
- : Australia
- : books
Special Fields
- : Clarke Marcus
- : BB
- : FIC
- : 624