'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony' is the masterpiece of the
Australian writer Henry Handel Richardson. It consists of three
parts: Australia Felix (1917), The Way Home (1925), and Ultima
Thule (1929). The trilogy was collected in 1930 under the title by
which it is now best known. Set in Australia during the gold rush
of the mid-nineteenth century, the three novels trace the rise and
fall of the title character against the backdrop of colonial
expansion (and, indeed, contraction). The story begins in the
1850's. and follows the course Richard Mahoney's life from his days
as a store-keeper in shanty-town Ballarat during the gold rush,
through the vicissitudes of his interrupted career as a doctor,
until the final tragedy of his death.
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