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For the term of his natural life / Marcus Clarke.

By: Series: Penguin booksPublication details: London : Penguin, 2009.Description: 445 p. ; 17 cmISBN:
  • 9780143202691
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823 23
Summary: Scarcely out of print since the early 1870, For the Term of His Natural Life has provided successive generations with a vivid account of a brutal phase of colonial life. The main focus of this great convict novel is the complex interaction between those in power and those who suffer, made meaningful because of its hero's struggle against his wrongful imprisonment. Elements of romance, incidents of family life and passages of scenic description both relieve and give emphasis to the tragedy that forms its heart.
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Scarcely out of print since the early 1870, For the Term of His Natural Life has provided successive generations with a vivid account of a brutal phase of colonial life. The main focus of this great convict novel is the complex interaction between those in power and those who suffer, made meaningful because of its hero's struggle against his wrongful imprisonment. Elements of romance, incidents of family life and passages of scenic description both relieve and give emphasis to the tragedy that forms its heart.

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