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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Rolf Boldrewood's most significant work was Robbery Under Arms
published in serial form in the Sydney Mail 1882???83, and
published as a novel in London in 1888. This established his
reputation in both England and the United States and allowed
publication of several subsequent novels and collections of short
stories. The subsequent novels include The Miner???s Right of 1890
and A Sydney-side Saxon of 1891. Romance of Canvas Town (1898) and
In Bad Company (1901) reprinted some of his shorter publications in
the press. Boldrewood was conservative and wrote approvingly of
good breeding and education, individual initiative and honesty.
Most of his novels were romances. His best writings were those
based in his experiences and rich detail of mining life can be
found in Miner's Right and In Bad Company. H. M. Green described
Dick Marston, the central character in the bushranger yarn Robbery
Under Arms as "perhaps the most thoroughly Australian character in
fiction." Rolf Boldrewood was the pseudonym of Thomas Alexander
Browne (1826???1915) who was born in London and arrived in Sydney
with his parents in 1831. From 1844 he worked and prospered on the
land in western Victoria. In 1869, however, he was forced from the
land by drought and moved to Sydney. From 1871 he was appointed as
police magistrate at a number of rural and gold digging centres in
New South Wales, including Gulgong, Dubbo, Armidale and Albury. On
his retirement he moved with his family to Melbourne and became a
central part of the literary and social world there.
The Squatter's Dream (1875) is a novel by Rolf Boldrewood, the
pseudonym of Australian novelist Thomas Browne. A squatter himself
for nearly twenty-five years, he came to know the ways of life on
the outskirts of civilization, which allowed him to lead a
peaceful, uncomplicated, and inexpensive existence. Originally
serialized in Australian weekly magazines, Browne's work as Rolf
Bolfrewood is an incomparable record of colonial Australia, where
outlaws and speculators lived side by side on land stolen from the
continent's Aboriginal peoples. "The climate in which his abode was
situated was temperate, from latitude and proximity to the coast.
It was cold in the winter, but many a ton of she-oak and box had
burned away in the great stone chimney, before which Jack used to
toast himself in the cold nights, after a long day's riding after
cattle." Jack Redgrave leads the kind of existence most men would
dream of: a comfortable home, plenty of food, a beautiful property,
and enough books to keep him curious about the world beyond the
wilderness. Despite this, he begins to grow dissatisfied, dreaming
of ways to increase his wealth and forgetting the reasons that
first drew him to the squatting lifestyle. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Rolf Boldrewood's The Squatter's Dream is a classic work of
Australian literature reimagined for modern readers.
Robbery Under Arms (1888) is a novel by Rolf Boldrewood, the
pseudonym of Australian novelist Thomas Browne. A squatter for
nearly twenty-five years, he came to know the ways of life on the
outskirts of civilization, which allowed him to lead a peaceful,
uncomplicated, and inexpensive existence. Originally serialized in
Australian weekly magazines, Browne's work as Rolf Bolfrewood is an
incomparable record of colonial Australia, where outlaws and
speculators lived side by side on land stolen from the continent's
Aboriginal peoples. Robbery Under Arms has been adapted several
times for film and theater. "My name's Dick Marston, Sydney-side
native. I'm twenty-nine years old, six feet in my stocking soles,
and thirteen stone weight. Pretty strong and active with it, so
they say. I don't want to blow-not here, any road-but it takes a
good man to put me on my back, or stand up to me with the gloves,
or the naked mauleys." Imprisoned for his crimes, Dick Marston
prepares to be executed. With one month to live, he sits down to
write the story of his life as an Australian bushranger. Alongside
Captain Starlight, an English nobleman turned outlaw, he
participated in a string of cattle thefts and armed robberies that
would bring him enough gold and infamy to last a lifetime.
Action-packed and fast-paced, Robbery Under Arms is a brilliant
adventure novel from one of nineteenth century Australia's most
popular writers of fiction. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Rolf
Boldrewood's Robbery Under Arms is a classic work of Australian
literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Squatter's Dream (1875) is a novel by Rolf Boldrewood, the
pseudonym of Australian novelist Thomas Browne. A squatter himself
for nearly twenty-five years, he came to know the ways of life on
the outskirts of civilization, which allowed him to lead a
peaceful, uncomplicated, and inexpensive existence. Originally
serialized in Australian weekly magazines, Browne's work as Rolf
Bolfrewood is an incomparable record of colonial Australia, where
outlaws and speculators lived side by side on land stolen from the
continent's Aboriginal peoples. "The climate in which his abode was
situated was temperate, from latitude and proximity to the coast.
It was cold in the winter, but many a ton of she-oak and box had
burned away in the great stone chimney, before which Jack used to
toast himself in the cold nights, after a long day's riding after
cattle." Jack Redgrave leads the kind of existence most men would
dream of: a comfortable home, plenty of food, a beautiful property,
and enough books to keep him curious about the world beyond the
wilderness. Despite this, he begins to grow dissatisfied, dreaming
of ways to increase his wealth and forgetting the reasons that
first drew him to the squatting lifestyle. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Rolf Boldrewood's The Squatter's Dream is a classic work of
Australian literature reimagined for modern readers.
Robbery Under Arms (1888) is a novel by Rolf Boldrewood, the
pseudonym of Australian novelist Thomas Browne. A squatter for
nearly twenty-five years, he came to know the ways of life on the
outskirts of civilization, which allowed him to lead a peaceful,
uncomplicated, and inexpensive existence. Originally serialized in
Australian weekly magazines, Browne's work as Rolf Bolfrewood is an
incomparable record of colonial Australia, where outlaws and
speculators lived side by side on land stolen from the continent's
Aboriginal peoples. Robbery Under Arms has been adapted several
times for film and theater. "My name's Dick Marston, Sydney-side
native. I'm twenty-nine years old, six feet in my stocking soles,
and thirteen stone weight. Pretty strong and active with it, so
they say. I don't want to blow-not here, any road-but it takes a
good man to put me on my back, or stand up to me with the gloves,
or the naked mauleys." Imprisoned for his crimes, Dick Marston
prepares to be executed. With one month to live, he sits down to
write the story of his life as an Australian bushranger. Alongside
Captain Starlight, an English nobleman turned outlaw, he
participated in a string of cattle thefts and armed robberies that
would bring him enough gold and infamy to last a lifetime.
Action-packed and fast-paced, Robbery Under Arms is a brilliant
adventure novel from one of nineteenth century Australia's most
popular writers of fiction. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Rolf
Boldrewood's Robbery Under Arms is a classic work of Australian
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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