John Lang

The Forger's Wife (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

John Lang was Australia's first locally born novelist, publishing early work in Sydney in the 1840s and going on to write several bestsellers. The Forger's Wife (1856) is a lively adventure novel, set in an unruly colonial Sydney where everyone is on the make. The forger's wife is a young woman who follows her rakish husband out to Australia and struggles to survive as her marriage falls apart. She soon meets detective George Flower, a powerful man with a cavalier sense of justice and retribution. Flower literally controls the fortunes of the colony: taking on the local bushrangers, instructing colonial authorities, and helping himself to the spoils along the way.

First serialised in Fraser's Magazine in 1853, The Forger's Wife was popular in its day and was reprinted many times over. It is Australia's first detective novel - and most likely, the first detective novel in the Anglophone world.

This ebook edition includes an introduction by Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver, and a translation of the appendix by Sophie Zins. The text includes both the lightly modernised text of the print edition as well as the unamended original text.

'It is a powerful, if occasionally painful, book. It sells even now in all the colonies and in England by the thousand...'

'Rolf Boldrewood on Australian Literature', The Advocate (Melbourne), 20 May 1893

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Grattan Street Press, University of Melbourne
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780987625311
• Artikelnr.: 49584028

Autorenporträt

John Lang (1816-1864) was Australia's first native-born novelist and a prominent figure in the colonial literary scene. Born in Sydney, Lang pursued legal studies in the UK but found his passion in writing. Although he also practiced as a lawyer, writing remained his primary vocation. In his literary career, Lang's work was steeped in the young nation's culture and often revolved around convict life and the criminal underworld, reflective of the period's social milieu. 'The Forger's Wife' is one of his notable novels, vividly depicting the hardships and struggles faced by the early settlers and convicts in Australia. His literary style was characterized by a keen eye for satire and social critique, encapsulated through engaging narratives and intricate character development, providing not only entertainment but also valuable insights into Australian colonial life. Lang's contribution to Australian literature is significant, setting the stage for the development of a unique Australian literary identity and influencing future generations of writers. His works continue to be studied for their historical and cultural insights into 19th-century Australia.