Selected Stories (Angus & Robertson Classics) [Paperback]

Henry Lawson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Angus & Robertson Classics | Publication Date: February 1, 2002

This newly complied collection showcases some of the very best of Henry Lawson's short fiction, dealing with his perennially popular themes of love, adventure, humour and home. These stories confirm his reputation as one of the world's greatest short story writers and one of Australia's most loved authors.

Henry Lawson was born in Australia in 1967 and travelled around New Zealand and Australia throughout his life writing poetry and fiction.

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About the Author

Henry Lawson was born in Grenfell, NSW, in 1867. At the age of 14 he became totally deaf, an affliction which many have suggested rendered his world all the more vivid and subsequently enlivened his writing. After a stint of coach painting, he edited a periodical, THE REPUBLICAN, and began writing verse and short stories. His first work of short fiction appeared in the BULLETIN in 1888. He traveled to New Zealand and around Australia and in 1896 married Bertha Brett. He continued to travel and to write short fiction and poetry throughout his life and published numerous collections of both even as his marriage collapsed and he descended into poverty and mental illness. He spent several productive sojourns in the country but died in 1922, leaving his wife and two children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers PTY Limited (February 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0207197083
• ISBN-13: 978-0207197086
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,699,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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