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Dave's Sweetheart
''Dave's Sweetheart'' (1894) is a novel by Australian writer Mary Gaunt. Story outline The novel is set on the Victorian goldfields of the 1850s and follows the story of Jenny Carter, the wilful daughter of a local grog-shop keeper. She is romantically pursued by the local police sergeant, as well as Black Dave, a man who is later thought to be the chief suspect in the murder of a German gardener. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Argus'' was very impressed with the book: "It is not often that the first novel of a young writer exhibits so much strength of purpose and execution as the ''Dave's Sweetheart'' of Miss Mary Gaunt. It is equally strong in character, incident, imagination, and narrative. The half-a-dozen personages by whom the action of the drama is carried on are real men and women, and not marionettes who speak the language of the author while he or she is engaged in pulling the strings behind the scenes. They are, for the most part, very common people, with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Gaunt
Mary Eliza Bakewell Gaunt (20 February 1861 – 19 January 1942) was an Australian novelist, born in Chiltern, Victoria. She also wrote collections of short stories, novellas, autobiographies, and non-fiction. She published her first novel ''Dave's Sweetheart'' in 1894. Gaunt visited many countries in her life and she wrote about her experiences in five travel books. Early life and education Mary was the elder daughter of William Henry Gaunt, a Victorian county court judge and Elizabeth Gaunt, née Palmer (c. 1835–1922), and was born in Chiltern, Victoria. She was educated at Grenville College, Ballarat and the University of Melbourne, being one of the first two women students to be admitted there. Career She began writing for the press and in 1894 published her first novel ''Dave's Sweetheart''. In the same year she married Dr Hubert Lindsay Miller (a widower) of Warrnambool, Victoria. He died in 1900, and, with only a small income, Gaunt (now also known as Mrs Mary Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkham's Find
''Kirkham's Find'' (1897) is a novel by Australian writer Mary Gaunt. Story outline Phoebe and Nancy Marsden are sisters living a comfortable existence with their family in rural Victoria. Phoebe is the practical sister, interested in helping the family and refusing a marriage proposal as she does not feel the necessary affection for her suitor. Nancy, on the other hand, marries a well-to-do man twenty years her senior while her lover, Kirkham, is prospecting for gold in Western Australia. Kirkham strikes it rich in WA and upon returning to Victoria and finding Nancy no longer available, turns his affections towards Phoebe. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Australian'' found that the book "treats of two widely different phases of Australian life. One is the stirring adventure of gold seekers in the far north, the struggle against drought and savage blacks. The other is the quiet, uneventful existence of a family at Ballarat, and the attempt made by one of the girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1894. Books * Rolf Boldrewood – '' A Modern Buccaneer'' * Guy Boothby – '' In Strange Company : A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas'' * Mary Gaunt – ''Dave's Sweetheart'' * E. W. Hornung ** ''The Boss of Taroomba'' ** ''The Unbidden Guest'' * George McIver – ''Neuroomia: A New Continent: A Manuscript Delivered from the Deep'' * Ethel Turner – '' Seven Little Australians'' Short stories * Louis Becke ** ''By Reef and Palm'' ** "A Dead Loss" * Ernest Favenc ** ''Tales of the Austral Tropics'' ** "An Unquiet Spirit" * Henry Lawson — "Bush Cats" * Louisa Lawson – "Manager and Muddler" Poetry * Jennings Carmichael – " A Woman's Mood" * Victor J. Daley – " A Vision of Youth" * Edward Dyson – "The Rescue" * George Essex Evans – " McCarthy's Brew: A Gulf Country Yarn" * Charles Augustus Flower – "A Thousand Miles Away" * Henry Lawson ** " Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
