Rolf Boldrewood (1826–1915)
Forfatter af Robbery Under Arms
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Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Thomas Alexander Browne wrote under the name Rolf Boldrewood.
Værker af Rolf Boldrewood
Plain living : a bush idyll 5 eksemplarer
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In bad company : and other stories 3 eksemplarer
The sealskin cloak 2 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Browne, Thomas Alexander
- Andre navne
- Brown, Thomas Alexander
- Fødselsdato
- 1826-08-06
- Dødsdag
- 1915-03-11
- Begravelsessted
- Brighton Cemetery, Melbourne, Australia
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Australia
- Bopæl
- London, England, UK
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Erhverv
- pastoralist
police magistrate
gold commissioner
novelist - Relationer
- Boldrewood, Mrs Rolf (wife)
Boldrewood, Rose (daughter) - Oplysning om flertydighed
- Thomas Alexander Browne wrote under the name Rolf Boldrewood.
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- Værker
- 21
- Also by
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 435
- Popularitet
- #56,232
- Vurdering
- 3.6
- Anmeldelser
- 1
- ISBN
- 115
- Sprog
- 3
- Udvalgt
- 1
Is it slow-going? Yes. Is it rambling? Certainly, although in a pleasingly modern way. In fact, "modern" is a word that comfortably fits this book. Despite being written more than 130 years ago, the characters and especially the dialogue feel astoundingly up-to-date. This is real speech, not the kind featured in high literature, and it captures the reality of life in 19th century Australia from a working-class - and indeed outlawed class - perspective. Astounding to think that the main roads I travel along each week were the province of bushrangers and far-flung carriages only a little over a century ago.
This is very much a melodrama, no question, but it taps into something more. The 19th century fad for serialised novels had hit by this point, and Boldrewood creates something moving - at least in his male characters - that goes beyond a story of stick-em-up adventures. Very enjoyable.… (mere)