Agnes Murphy, One woman’s wisdom (fiction extract)
by Agnes Murphy (1865-1931) The opening chapter of Agnes Murphy’s only novel, One woman’s wisdom, following Teresa Pitt’s review which appeared on Wednesday. Book 1, Chapter 1 The smoke curled lazily above the thatched roof of a cottage of poor...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)
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 (As Michelle warns, the series contains outdated values...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)
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)
“Me savey scrub ’im, and sweep ’im, and wash ’im, and blue ’im, and starch ’im,” she said glibly
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