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For the term of his natural life by Marcus Clarke

Forced to conceal his identity and forego his inheritance, Rufus Dawes is unjustly implicated in his father's murder, convicted of theft and sentenced to be transported to Australia, where he encounters the brutality of the penal system. First published as a serial in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 and in a revised, shortened form as a novel in 1874, For the Term of His Natural Life is an Australian classic, a tale of inhumanity and suffering during Australia's early colonial history.

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  • "Deportiert auf Lenenszeit"
  • "Deportiert auf Lenenszeit"@en
  • "His natural life"
  • "His natural life"@en

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  • "Forced to conceal his identity and forego his inheritance, Rufus Dawes is unjustly implicated in his father's murder, convicted of theft and sentenced to be transported to Australia, where he encounters the brutality of the penal system. First published as a serial in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 and in a revised, shortened form as a novel in 1874, For the Term of His Natural Life is an Australian classic, a tale of inhumanity and suffering during Australia's early colonial history."@en
  • "The classic novel of convict Australia, For the Term of His Natural Life is a novel of tremendous power, and also of suffering and inhumanity."@en
  • "A grim and tragic story of life in an Australian penal colony - its cruelty and brutality and its people -Sarah Purfry, Frere, the barbarian and gentle, sweetnatured Dora."@en
  • "This is a powerful tale of an Australian penal settlement which originally appeared in serial form in a Melbourne paper."
  • "Cette épopée, roman d'amour et document passionnant et très accessible sur la fondation de la nation australienne, 1827-1846, dénonce le système pénitentiaire, la déportation et les conditions de vie des bagnards anglais en Tasmanie. Adaptation pour la télévision, sous le titre ##En route vers l'enfer##."
  • "This is the grim and tragic story of life in an Australian penal colony. The author had studied the records of 'the system' and nothing he describes was too cruel or brutal to have happened under it: a convict is mercilessly flogged to death another is racked on the torture stretcher; others are driven insane and to cannibalism. Yet this is not a bitter book. It is filled with life and peopled with vivid characters, and woven through the story is the golden thread spun from the faith and hope of Dora who loves the luckless Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for life for a crime he did not commit."
  • "Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for a crime he did not commit, is an important character in Australian literature. Set in convict Australia, this colonial novel is a narrative of great suffering - of whips, chains and man's inhumanity."@en
  • ""Perhaps Australia's most significant and most famous 19th-century colonial novel, For the Term of His Natural Life is a narrative of great suffering-of whips, chains, and man's inhumanity. There is no attempt to soften the truth of the degradation and cruelty in convict Australia. Yet the novel is peopled with vivid characters-Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for a crime he did not commit, is one of the most unforgettable characters in Australian literature."--Publisher description."
  • "Discover an often-overlooked period in history with this sweeping epic exploring the period when Australia served as a penal colony. Packed with exhaustively researched historical detail, this rip-roaring yarn will leave your head spinning with its many twists, turns and surprises."@en
  • "For the Term of His Natural Life is a classic Australian novel of convict life. Relating the intricate and savage interplay between the jailers and the jailed, Marcus Clarke weaves the tragic tale of his wrongfully convicted hero, Rufus Dawes. This unforgettable account of the barbarous days of early white settlement has at its heart the enduring belief in the strength of the human spirit and the capacity for love to overcome adversity."@en
  • ""Convicts in early Australia"--Publisher."@en
  • ""Convicts in early Australia"--Publisher."

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  • "Classic fiction (pre c 1945)"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Classic"
  • "Movie novels"
  • "Convicts - Australia - Fiction"
  • "Roman australien"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"

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  • "His natural life"
  • "For the Term of his natural life"
  • "Deportirt auf Lebenszeit"
  • "La justice des hommes : roman"
  • "For the term of his natural life by Marcus Clarke"@en
  • "For the term of his natural life : by Marcus Clarke. A. Commonwealth Literary Fund lecture"@en
  • "For the term of his natural life a specially condensed illustrated edition of Marcus Clarke's classic Australian novel"@en
  • "For the term of his naturel life"
  • "La justice des hommes"
  • "Levenslang verbannen! : het leven in de Australische strafkoloniën"
  • "For the term of his natural life, by Marcus Clarke... Introduction by Dr. L. H. Allen"
  • "For the term of his natural life : a novel"
  • "For the term of his natural life : a novel"@en
  • "For the term of his natural life : by Marcus Clarke"@en
  • "For the Term of his Natural Life ... Australian edition"@en
  • "For the term of his natural life : [bibliog.]"@en
  • "For the Term of his Natural Life"
  • "For the Term of his Natural Life, etc"@en
  • "For the term of his natural life"
  • "For the term of his natural life"@en
  • "For the term of his natural life : a specially condensed deluxe edition of Marcus Clarke's classic Australian novel"@en
  • "Deportirt auf Lebenszeit : Roman"@en
  • "La Justice des hommes"
  • "Buiten de beschaafde wereld"
  • "For the Term of His Natural Life"@en
  • "For the Term of His Natural Life"
  • "Buiten de beschaafde wereld : een roman uit Australië"
  • "La justice des hommes Roman / Marcus Clarke"
  • "Deportiert auf Lebenszeit : Roman"
  • "For the term of his natural life : Marcus Clarke's classic Australian novel"@en
  • "For the term of his natural life : a drama in four acts"@en
  • "For the Term of his Natural Life, etc. [With a portrait.]"@en
  • "For the Term of his Natural Life. A drama [or rather, the scenario of a drama] in four acts. Adapted from M. Clarke's novel"@en

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