The Illustrated Treasury Of Australian Stories

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 1986
Edition: First Edition

Description: 324 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The Aim Of This Anthology Is To Entertain And Give Pleasure To An Audience As Wide As The Field From Which The Stories Have Been Chosen, The Earliesat Was Published In 1894 And The Latest In 1986.

Publishers Description: The aim of this anthology is to entertain and give pleasure to an audience as wide as the field from which the stories have been chose. The earliest was pbulished in 1894, the latest in 1986. The stories are presented chronologically so that the reader may appreciate the development of the story-tellers art as the preoccupations and attitudes of Australians have changed with their history. From the haunting bush tragedy of Barbara Bayntons "The Chosen Vessel" to Helen Garners ironic comment on feminism in "The Life of Art"; from Henry Lawsons comic story of desperate goldseekers thwarted by a formidable woman in "The Golden Graveyard" to Angelo Loukakiss sad story of a young Greek bound by duty to an implacably self-centred father in "Being Here Now": The variety of mood and theme in this collection is as fascinating as the variety of talent and technique.

ISBN: 0170067572