His Natural Life
novel by Clarke
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Australian novel tradition
- In Australian literature: The century after settlement
Marcus Clarke’s His Natural Life (1874; the antecedent phrase For the Term of was inserted without authority after his death) is the first novel regarded as an Australian classic. It is a powerful account of the convict experience, drawing heavily on documentary sources. Within the rigours and…
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discussed in biography
- In Marcus Clarke
…author known for his novel His Natural Life (1874), an important literary work of colonial Australia.
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