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Marcus Clarke's For The Term Of His Natural Life is an ambitious tale of tragedy, redemption, and the ugliness and resilience of man.

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The main focus of this great convict novel is the complex interaction between those in power and those who suffer, made meaningful because of its hero's struggle against his wrongful imprisonment. Elements of romance, incidents of family life and passages of scenic description both relieve and give emphasis to the tragedy that forms its heart.

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Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for a crime he did not commit, is an important character in Australian literature. Set in convict Australia, this colonial novel is a narrative of great suffering - of whips, chains and man's inhumanity.

(Paperback)

The classic novel of convict Australia, For the Term of His Natural Life is a novel of tremendous power, and also of suffering and inhumanity.

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