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Fortunes of Richard Mahony — Henry Handel Richardson
A superb, sprawling trilogy of a family fortune won and lost in gold-rush Australia: an Australian classic.
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is Australia's most significant nineteenth-century novel. It tells the story of Richard Mahony, loosely based on the author's own father, and his rise and tragic fall in Australia's gold rush.
Despite a happy marriage and children, Irish migrant Richard Mahony struggles to quell his growing restlessness, with tragic consequences.
All three volumes - Australia Felix, The Way Home and Ultime Thule - are included here. The trilogy stands as one of the great portraits of the Australian canon - and a vivid depiction of the migrant experience.
'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony deserves the accolade of the Great Australian Novel' - Peter Craven
'A work of huge ambition, power, pity and unflinching honesty' - The Age
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is Australia's most significant nineteenth-century novel. It tells the story of Richard Mahony, loosely based on the author's own father, and his rise and tragic fall in Australia's gold rush.
Despite a happy marriage and children, Irish migrant Richard Mahony struggles to quell his growing restlessness, with tragic consequences.
All three volumes - Australia Felix, The Way Home and Ultime Thule - are included here. The trilogy stands as one of the great portraits of the Australian canon - and a vivid depiction of the migrant experience.
'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony deserves the accolade of the Great Australian Novel' - Peter Craven
'A work of huge ambition, power, pity and unflinching honesty' - The Age
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