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Bush Studies by Barbara Baynton; Susan Sheridan
Category: Classics
Barbara Janet Ainsleigh Baynton, Lady Headley (1857- 1929) was an Australian writer, made famous for Bush Studies (1902) which was written in retaliation to Henry Lawson's works. In 1880, she married Alexander Frater, the son of her employers. However, he ran off with a servant, Sarah Glover, in 1887, a ...Show more
Bush Studies by Barbara Baynton
Category: Fiction
The harsh lives of pioneer women in the Australian bush are difficult to imagine today. Barbara Baynton's stories present the tragedy, terror and back-breaking work that such women faced. These are not the stories of mates gathered round the fire, but of the dark loneliness of women. Not only are there ...Show more
Bush Studies: Text Classics by Barbara Baynton
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Text Classics
Barbara Baynton's short-story collection Bush Studies is famous for its stark realism - for not romanticising bush life, instead showing all its bleakness and harshness. Economic of style, influenced by the great nineteenth-century Russian novelists, Baynton presents the Australian bush as dangerous and ...Show more
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