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In Strange Company
''In Strange Company: a story of Chili and the southern seas'' (1894) is a novel by Australian writer Guy Boothby. Story outline Marmaduke Plowden has embezzled 200 thousand pounds from his clients in London and fled the country for Chili. A number of unsavoury characters learn about the theft and set plans in motion to retrieve the money for themselves. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Telegraph'' (Brisbane) praised the book for being a good example of its type: "This book will be very welcome to all those who love a straightforward tale without great intricacy of plot, subtle delineation of character, or fine local colour. It is a good example of a class of work growing common enough of late when life in the open air and the stir of conflict are preferred to hysterical, drawing-room emotion and unholy passion. There is not one word of harm in the whole story, but on the contrary much refreshment for man or boy who is tired of the ceaseless. irritations of city life." ... [...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] |
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] |
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 ** " Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 Australian Novels
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts. * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant Revolution, a massive revolt of followers of the Donghak movement. Both China and Japan send military forces, claiming to come to the ruling Joseon dynasty government's aid. ** At 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin dies of an accidental detonation of his own bom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
