For the Term of His Natural Life

副标题: Nonsuch Classics (Nonsuch Classics Series)

ISBN: 9781845880828

出版社: Tempus Publishing, Limited

出版年: 2005-09-01

页数: 543

定价: USD 10.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Perhaps Australia's most significant and most famous 19th-century colonial novel, For the Term of His Natural Life is a narrative of great suffering-of whips, chains, and man's inhumanity. There is no attempt to soften the truth of the degradation and cruelty in convict Australia. Yet the novel is peopled with vivid characters-Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for a crime he did not commit, is one of the most unforgettable characters in Australian literature.