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Bush Studies, written during the 1890s, was first published to considerable critical acclaim. These powerful and haunting stories of pioneering Australia give voice to the forgotten women of these times.
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Baynton was born in 1857 at Scone, Hunter River district, New South Wales, the daughter of Irish bounty immigrants, John Lawrence and Elizabeth Ewart, although she claimed to be born in 1862 to Penelope Ewart and Captain Robert Kilpatrick, of the Bengal Light Cavalry.[ This fiction gave her "entrée to polite circles as a governess" and, in 1880, she married Alexander Frater, the son of her employers. They soon moved to the Coonamble district, and had two sons and a daughter. However, Alexander Frater ran off with her niece, Sarah Glover, in 1887, and Barbara moved to Sydney and commenced divorce proceedings. A decree absolute was granted 4 March 1890. On 5 March 1890 she married Dr Thomas Baynton, a retired surgeon aged 70 years who had literary friends. A few years later she began contributing short stories to the Bulletin and six of these were published in 1902 in London by Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd under the title of Bush Studies, Mrs Baynton unable to find a publisher for them in Sydney. Alfred Stephens, a close friend, reviewed the book in the Bulletin and stated: 'So precise, so complete, with such insight into detail and such force of statement, it ranks with the masterpieces of realism in any language. Percival Serle, however, found that The building up of detail, however, is at times overdone, and lacking humorous relief, the stories tend to give a distorted view of life in the back-blocks. Baynton's husband died on 10 June 1904 and left his entire estate to her. She invested in the stock market, bought and sold antiques, and collected black opals from Lightning Ridge. In 1907, her only novel, Human Toll, was published, and in 1917 Cobbers, a reprint of Bush Studies with two additional stories, appeared. During World War I Mrs Baynton was living in England and in 1921 she married her third husband Baron Headley. Barbara died at Melbourne on 28 May 1929. She was survived by Lord Headley, and her two sons and daughter by the first marriage.
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- PublisherAngus And Robertson
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0207196427
- ISBN 13 9780207196423
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages140
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Medium Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 140 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Australia, 2001. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Cover is protected in clear, self-adhesive laminate. Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. Several pages of text contain marks and notes in pencil. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Bush Studies, written during the 1890s, was first published to considerable critical acclaim. These powerful and haunting stories of pioneering Australia give voice to the forgotten women of those times. 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 fences to be built and a living to be coaxed from the land, but babies to be born - or buried - and the dangers of profound isolation to be endured, as well as the cruelties, or plain disappointments of men. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0207196427. ISBN/EAN: 9780207196423. Inventory No: 23090115. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 23090115
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bush Studies, written during the 1890s, was first published to considerable critical acclaim. These powerful and haunting stories of pioneering Australia give voice to the forgotten women of those times. 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 fences to be built and a living to be coaxed from the land, but babies to be born - or buried - and the dangers of profound isolation to be endured, as well as the cruelties, or plain disappointments of men. Written during the 1890s, this collection of short stories presents a bleak and uncompromising image of life in the Australian Bush. These are not the stories of mates gathered around the fire, but of the dark loneliness of women. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780207196423
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