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1901 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1901. Books * Guy Boothby ** ''Farewell, Nikola'' ** ''A Millionaire's Love Story'' ** ''My Strangest Case'' ** ''The Mystery of the Clasped Hands'' * Ada Cambridge – '' The Devastators'' * Miles Franklin – ''My Brilliant Career'' * E. W. Hornung – ''The Shadow of the Rope'' * Ambrose Pratt – ''Franks, Duellist'' * Ethel Turner – ''Wonder Child'' Short stories * Louis Becke ** ''By Rock and Pool, On an Austral Shore, and Other Stories'' ** ''Yorke the Adventurer and Other Stories'' * Rolf Boldrewood ** '' In Bad Company and Other Stories'' ** "Fallen Among Thieves" * Nat Gould – "Chased by Fire" * Henry Lawson ** "At Dead Dingo" ** ''The Country I Come From'' ** '' Joe Wilson and His Mates'' ** "The Loaded Dog" * Louise Mack – "The Bond" Poetry * George Essex Evans – "The Women of the West" * Henry Lawson ** " The Men Who Made Australia" ** " The Nev ... [...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] |
The Men Who Made Australia
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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