An Australian Rip Van Winkle

Author : William Hay
Publisher : Trieste Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0649111923

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An Australian Rip Van Winkle, and Other Pieces; Being a Sketch-Book After the Style of Washington Irving by William Hay Pdf

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Author : William Hay
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0484342312

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An Australian Rip Van Winkle by William Hay Pdf

Excerpt from An Australian Rip Van Winkle: And Other Pieces; Being a Sketch-Book After the Style of Washington Irving Looking back, we suppose Jake was a man of quite forty. He was a beautiful rider, and carried a small stock-whip, a weapon which, like the finished swordsman of old, he would seldom use. He never varied in his dress or address. There was something soothing in his Slow voice, but some times - very seldom - his remarks were not exactly coherent. Perhaps this was owing to his solitary life - the life of his choice. Every year-we think it was every year - he would take a month's holiday, sometimes riding Off to the capital on his horse, sometimes by Coach. What he did with himself on these occasions was not quite Clear. On one of them he informed me he went to Tasmania to see the caves, but finding his bush dress and manners not suitable to some fine company in which he found himself, took careful pencil notes of the Clothing of a member of the party, purchasing exactly Similar articles as near as he could remem ber from neck-tie to hat, and restricting himself to one single ornamental cup of tea who had been used to swig from his capacious billy-can. He also, he said, Stopped himself in a habit he had of running down everything he saw, as it seemed to worry the party For the time, he would half sadly reflect, he seemed to pass comparatively well as a sort of harmless companionable joker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Bowling
ISBN : NYPL:33433000133862

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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving Pdf

Author : Ken Gelder,Rachael Weaver
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0522854222

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The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction by Ken Gelder,Rachael Weaver Pdf

Grisly corpses, ghostly women and psychotic station-owners populate an unforgiving landscape that is the stuff of nightmares. These compelling stories are the dark underside to the usual story of colonial progress, promise and nation-building, and reveal the gothic imagination that lies at the heart of Australian fiction. This anthology collects the best examples of colonial Australian gothic short stories by authors such as Marcus Clarke, Hume Nisbet, Henry Lawson and Katherine Susannah Prichard, among others.

Author : William Hay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436511186

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An Australian Rip Van Winkle and Other Pieces by William Hay Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : William Hay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Australia
ISBN : SRLF:A0001391267

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An Australian Rip Van Winkle by William Hay Pdf

Author : Benjamin McArthur
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300122329

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The Man who was Rip Van Winkle by Benjamin McArthur Pdf

The most beloved American comedic actor of the nineteenth century, Joseph Jefferson made his name as Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle. In this book, a compelling blend of biography and theatrical and cultural history, Benjamin McArthur chronicles Jefferson's remarkable career and offers a lively and original account of the heroic age of the American theatre. Joe Jefferson's entire life was spent on the stage, from the age of Jackson to the dawn of motion pictures. He extensively toured the United States as well as Australia and Great Britain. An ever-successful career (including acclaim as painter and memoirist) put him in the company of the great actors, artists, and writers of the day, including Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth, John Singer Sargent, and William Dean Howells. This book rescues a brilliant figure and places him, appropriately enough, on center stage of a pivotal time for American theatre. McArthur explores the personalities of the period, the changing theatrical styles and their audiences, the touring life, and the wide and varied culture of theatre. Through the life of Jefferson, McArthur is able to illuminate an era.

Author : Nan Bowman Albinski
Publisher : National Library Australia
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0642106908

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Australian Literary Manuscripts in North American Libraries by Nan Bowman Albinski Pdf

Author : Rosemary Kerr
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845416706

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Roads, Tourism and Cultural History by Rosemary Kerr Pdf

Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination as distance and mobility have shaped the nation’s history and culture, but roads are more than simply transport routes; they embody multiple layers of history, mythology and symbolism. Drawing on Australian travel writing, diaries and manuscripts, tourism literature, fiction, poetry and feature films, this book explores how Australians have experienced and imagined roads and road touring beyond urban settings: from Aboriginal ‘songlines’ to modern-day road trips. It also tells the stories of iconic roads, including the Birdsville Track, Stuart Highway and Great Ocean Road, and suggests alternative approaches to heritage and tourism interpretation of these important routes. The ongoing impact of the colonial past on Indigenous peoples and contemporary Australian society and culture – including representations of the road and road travel – is explored throughout the book. The volume offers a new way of thinking about roads and road tourism as important strands in a nation’s cultural fabric.

Author : J. Bruce Jacobs
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004315921

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The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard by J. Bruce Jacobs Pdf

The Kaohsiung Incident contributed importantly to Taiwan’s ultimate democratization. The simultaneous murder of the mother and twin daughters of a key defendant shocked Taiwan and the world. Part 2 is the author’s memoir of three months in police protection.

Author : Joseph Jefferson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Actors
ISBN : UCAL:$B684204

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The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson by Joseph Jefferson Pdf

Author : Natalia Chaban,Martin Holland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134102730

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The European Union and the Asia-Pacific by Natalia Chaban,Martin Holland Pdf

Identifies, measures and compares public awareness and perceptions of the EU within the Asia-Pacific region and deals with the public perception of the EU outside the Union and the role of the media in shaping such perceptions.

Author : Julius Stone
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781743326466

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Letters to Australia, Volume 4 by Julius Stone Pdf

In the Pacific, Australia entered the multi-lateral ANZUS treaty, consolidating the nation’s independence of Britain; Communist China pressed its claims to replace Taiwan on the Security Council; Queen Elizabeth II began her long reign; and adventurism by Egypt set the stage for the Suez crisis. Despite Stalin’s death, the Soviet grip on eastern Europe grew.

Author : Ian Francis McLaren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005125690

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Australian Explorers by Sea, Land, and Air, 1788-1988 by Ian Francis McLaren Pdf

Author : Ann Vickery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781009470230

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The Cambridge Companion to Australian Poetry by Ann Vickery Pdf

This volume investigates Australian poetry's centrality to debates around colonialism, nationalism, diversity, embodiment, local-global relations, and the environment.