Over the Sliprails by Henry Lawson
"Over the Sliprails" by Henry Lawson is a collection of short stories published in 1900. This volume gathers sixteen tales of Australian life, most reprinted from newspapers, with several appearing in print for the first time. The stories range from bush characters and shanty-keepers to sharpers and selectors' daughters, capturing diverse experiences from the Australian outback. One piece, "The Hero of Redclay," was originally conceived as a novel before Lawson condensed it
into short story form for this collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922 |
|---|---|
| Title | Over the Sliprails |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Sliprails |
| Note | Short stories |
| Contents | The shanty-keeper's wife -- A gentleman sharper and Steelman sharper -- An incident at Stiffner's -- The hero of Redclay -- The Darling River -- A case for the Oracle -- A daughter of Maoriland -- New year's night -- Black Joe -- They wait on the wharf in black -- Seeing the last of you -- Two boys at Grinder Brothers' -- The selector's daughter -- Mitchell on the "sex" and other "problems" -- The master's mistake -- The story of the Oracle. |
| Credits | Produced by Alan R. Light, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Australia -- Fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, Australian |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1313 |
| Release Date | May 1, 1998 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 336 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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