Ellen Davitt, Force and fraud (fiction extract)
by Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) writing as Mrs Arthur Davitt An extract from the first chapter of Ellen Davitt’s novel, Force and fraud, which appeared in The Australian journal in 1865. FORCE AND FRAUD; A TALE OF THE BUSH. BY MRS. ARTHUR DAVITT. Author of ”...![Mary Grant Bruce, A little bush maid (fiction extract)](https://australianwomenwriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cover-201x300.webp)
Mary Grant Bruce, A little bush maid (fiction extract)
by Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958) To complement Michelle Scott Tucker’s essay on Mary Grant Bruce’s iconic Billabong books, we present Chapter 1 of A little bush maid, the initial book in the series. (As Michelle warns, the series contains outdated values...![Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (fiction extract)](https://australianwomenwriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/th-1540199654-188x300.jpg)
Barbara Baynton, Human Toll (fiction extract)
by Barbara Baynton (1857-1929) Baynton’s Human Toll is a gothic novel, almost unrelievably dark. The passage we have chosen here is a relatively lighter one, illustrating Ursula’s yearning for freedom from her oppressive foster parents, the Rev and Mrs...![Jeannie Gunn, We of the Never Never (extract)](https://australianwomenwriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Gunn-We-of-the-Never-Never-1080x675.png)
Jeannie Gunn, We of the Never Never (extract)
“Me savey scrub ’im, and sweep ’im, and wash ’im, and blue ’im, and starch ’im,” she said glibly
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