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Bush studies / Barbara Baynton ; [introduction by Helen Garner].

By: Contributor(s): Series: Text classicsPublication details: Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2012.Description: xiv, 125 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781922079497 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • A823.2 23
Contents:
Dreamer -- Squeaker's mate -- Scrammy 'and -- Billy Skywonkie -- Bush church -- Chosen vessel.
Summary: "No one ever wrote about the bush like Barbara Baynton. In the half-dozen stories in this book she conjures a nightmarish world for the women who live in it, a place of danger, lonliness and horror. Stark and searing, Bush studies is unforgettable, one of the most original books in Australian literature."--Back cover.
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Dreamer -- Squeaker's mate -- Scrammy 'and -- Billy Skywonkie -- Bush church -- Chosen vessel.

"No one ever wrote about the bush like Barbara Baynton. In the half-dozen stories in this book she conjures a nightmarish world for the women who live in it, a place of danger, lonliness and horror. Stark and searing, Bush studies is unforgettable, one of the most original books in Australian literature."--Back cover.

Originally published London : Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1902.

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