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1897 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1897. Books * Guy Boothby ** ''The Fascination of the King'' ** '' The Lust of Hate'' ** ''A Prince of Swindlers'' ** ''Sheilah McLeod: A Heroine of the Back Blocks'' * Mary Gaunt – ''Kirkham's Find'' * Louise Mack – ''Teens: A Story of Australian School Girls'' * Rosa Praed – ''Nulma'' * Roderic Quinn – ''Mostyn Stayne'' Short stories * Louis Becke – ''Pacific Tales'' * Guy Boothby – "With Three Phantoms" * Ada Cambridge – ''At Midnight and Other Stories'' * Henry Lawson ** "Mr Smellingscheck" ** "Two Larrikins" * A. B. Paterson – "Bill and Jim Nearly Get Taken Down" * Steele Rudd ** "Dave's Snake-Bite" ** "Jack or Cranky Jack" ** "A Kangaroo Hunt from Shingle Hut" ** "The Parson and the Scone" Poetry * Barcroft Boake – ''Where the Dead Men Lie, and Other Poems'' * E. J. Brady – " The Whaler's Pig" * Christopher Brennan – ''XXI Poems 1893 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Boothby
Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and ''Pharos, the Egyptian'', a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was his friend and mentor, and his books were remembered with affection by George Orwell. Biography Boothby was born in Adelaide to a prominent family in the recently established British colony of South Australia. His father was Thomas Wilde Boothby, who for a time was a member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly, three of his uncles were senior colonial administrators, and his grandfather was Benjamin Boothby (1803–1868), controversial judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 1853 to 1867. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
