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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Australian Literary Studies, Volume 7, Number 3, May 1976. Paperback in very good condition. Covers are slightly marked and scuffed. Some wear to the spine edges. Page block is lightly tanned and blemished. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Remnant borrower card pocket, date due slip and barcode sticker on front endpage. Stamps on imprint page. Wear to book corners and edges. Minor marks on foredges. Mould stain on the right foredge, but no damage to the pages. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover. Body text and binding are still very good. Humorous prose of Marcus Clarke (1846-1881).Most people today know Marcus Clarke as the author of the best-known of the convict novels. Yet in the Melbourne of post-goldrush days, this young immigrant from England was widely held to be the most brilliant journalist contributing to the newspaper columns of that already thriving and colourful antipodean city. The reader will find that these selections throw a penetrating light on the intellectual and social life of colonial Melbourne, on its motley humanity, as well as on its leaders and controversial personalities.Some articles originally published in The Australasian as part of a weekly series, The Peripatetic Philosopher, as well as in other publications, provide commentary on the intellectual and social life of post-gold-rush Melbourne. Includes bibliography and index. …