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Title: For the Term of His Natural Life
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Term_of_His_Natural_Life
Credits: Produced by Col Choat, and David Widger
Summary: "For the Term of His Natural Life" by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke is a historical novel written in the late 19th century that explores the grim realities of convict transportation in Australia. The story centers around Rufus Dawes, a convict unjustly sentenced to endure a harrowing life of punishment and degradation during his transportation, illuminating the brutalities of the penal system and the human capacity for both cruelty and resilience. The opening of the novel introduces a tragic domestic conflict involving Sir Richard Devine, his wife Lady Ellinor, and their son Richard, whose return from abroad unravels dark family secrets. As the tension escalates following a shocking revelation, Richard is thrown into a situation where he encounters the dying form of Lord Bellasis, his estranged grandfather, leading to fatal misunderstandings and Richard's wrongful arrest. This gripping beginning sets the stage for an exploration of themes such as guilt, identity, and the harsh conditions endured by convicts, while establishing Dawes as a figure shaped by larger societal injustices as he begins his own grim journey aboard the convict ship, Malabar. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop, 1846-1881
EBook No.: 3424
Published: Sep 1, 2002
Downloads: 720
Language: English
Subject: Historical fiction
Subject: Australia -- Fiction
Subject: Prisoners -- Fiction
Subject: Penal colonies -- Australia -- Fiction
Subject: Penal transportation -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: For the Term of His Natural Life
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Term_of_His_Natural_Life
Credits: Produced by Col Choat, and David Widger
Summary: "For the Term of His Natural Life" by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke is a historical novel written in the late 19th century that explores the grim realities of convict transportation in Australia. The story centers around Rufus Dawes, a convict unjustly sentenced to endure a harrowing life of punishment and degradation during his transportation, illuminating the brutalities of the penal system and the human capacity for both cruelty and resilience. The opening of the novel introduces a tragic domestic conflict involving Sir Richard Devine, his wife Lady Ellinor, and their son Richard, whose return from abroad unravels dark family secrets. As the tension escalates following a shocking revelation, Richard is thrown into a situation where he encounters the dying form of Lord Bellasis, his estranged grandfather, leading to fatal misunderstandings and Richard's wrongful arrest. This gripping beginning sets the stage for an exploration of themes such as guilt, identity, and the harsh conditions endured by convicts, while establishing Dawes as a figure shaped by larger societal injustices as he begins his own grim journey aboard the convict ship, Malabar. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop, 1846-1881
EBook No.: 3424
Published: Sep 1, 2002
Downloads: 720
Language: English
Subject: Historical fiction
Subject: Australia -- Fiction
Subject: Prisoners -- Fiction
Subject: Penal colonies -- Australia -- Fiction
Subject: Penal transportation -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.