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the evocative portrayal of Sydney and her colourful cast of characters during the turn-of-the-century larrikin days. A captivating love story and a fascinating account of the marauding larrikin gangs of the early 1900s,Jonah was also the first great novel of Sydney. First published in 1911, it tells of the unforgettable Jonah, a tough, hunchbacked lad who eventually rises to success in big business; of the Falstaffian Mrs Yabsley; and of the romance between the larrikin Chook and his red-haired Pinkey. No other writer has captured the spirit of the city the heat of its summer and the grey glimmer of its autumn mists, the grime and colour of the slums, the bustle of the streets and markets, the charm of the harbour and its picnic places more richly or sensitively than Louis Stone.
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Louis Stone was born in Leicester, England, in 1871. He and his family migrated to Brisbane in 1884, and soon moved to Redfern, then Waterloo, neighbouring inner suburbs of Sydney.
With the aid of a scholarship, Stone attended Fort Street Training School and studied arts at the University of Sydney. He qualified as a teacher in 1895. Intermittent work in Sydney primary schools led to country postings from 1900. Stone returned to the city in 1904, where he married and began writing. Health problems, the result of anxiety, plagued his teaching career.
Jonah was published in London in 1911. The novel painstakingly describes the conditions and distinctive characters larrikins of the working-class inner city. Norman Lindsay, A. G. Stephens and Nettie Palmer admired its realistic depiction of Sydney life.
Stone subsequently wrote, without success, the novel Betty Wayside (1915). He began writing for the stage and went to London in 1920 to try his luck. On his return to Australia his plays The Lap of the Gods (1923) and The Watch that Wouldn’t Go (1926) were published.
In 1933 Jonah was published in the United States and in Australia, where it stayed in print for many years. It was eventually adapted for television by the ABC and performed as a stage play.
Louis Stone died in 1935, having retired from teaching four years earlier.
Frank Moorhouse has written fiction, non-fiction, screenplays and essays, and edited many collections of writing. His books include the three Edith Campbell Berry novels: Grand Days, which won a South Australian Premier’s Award; Dark Palace, which won the Miles Franklin Literary Award; and Cold Light, which won a Queensland Literary Award.
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Jonah
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Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1981
ISBN 10: 0207141878
ISBN 13: 9780207141874
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Jonah
Published by
Angus And Robertson, London, 1981
ISBN 10: 0207141878
ISBN 13: 9780207141874
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 216 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout and covered in a protective plastic. Jonah Was The First Great Novel Of Sydney. No Other Writer Has Captured The Spirit Of The City-the Heat Of Its Summer And The Grey Glimmer Of Its Autumn Mists, The Grime And Colour Of The Slums, The Bustle Of The Streets And Markets, The Charm Of The Harbour And Its Picnic Places-more Richly Or More Sensitively Than Did Louis Stone. Seller Inventory # 219440
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Hardback. the evocative portrayal of Sydney and her colourful cast of characters during the turn-of-the-century larrikin days. A captivating love story and a fascinating account of the marauding larrikin gangs of the early 1900s,Jonah was also the first great novel of Sydney. First published in 1911, it tells of the unforgettable Jonah, a tough, hunchbacked lad who eventually rises to success in big business; of the Falstaffian Mrs Yabsley; and of the romance between the larrikin Chook and his red-haired Pinkey. No other writer has captured the spirit of the city the heat of its summer and the grey glimmer of its autumn mists, the grime and colour of the slums, the bustle of the streets and markets, the charm of the harbour and its picnic places more richly or sensitively than Louis Stone. the evocative portrayal of Sydney and her colourful cast of characters during the turn-of-the-century larrikin days.A captivating love story and a fascinating account of the marauding larrikin gangs of the early 1900s,Jonah was also the first great novel of Sydney. First published in 1911, it tells of the unforgettable Jonah, a tough, hunchbacked lad who eventually rises to success in big business; of the Falstaffian Mrs Yabsley; and of the romance between the larrikin Chook and his red-haired Pinkey. No other writer has captured the spirit of the city the heat of its summer and the grey glimmer of its autumn mists, the grime and colour of the slums, the bustle of the streets and markets, the charm of the harbour and its picnic places more richly or sensitively than Louis Stone. 1981, Reprint. A near fine copy only marked by spotting on the top edge. The d/w is also near fine with only very light sun fading of the spine. Seller Inventory # 17784193
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