The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781419179907)

""The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn"" is a novel written by Henry Kingsley. It is a tale of adventure, love, and tragedy set in the Australian outback during the mid-19th century. The story follows the life of the titular character, Geoffrey Hamlyn, a young Englishman who travels to Australia seeking his fortune. He quickly becomes enamored with the rugged beauty of the land, and begins to carve out a life for himself as a sheep farmer. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Margaret, but their happiness is short-lived when tragedy strikes. The book explores themes of love, loss, and the struggle to find one's place in the world. It is a vivid and evocative portrait of a bygone era, and a gripping tale of one man's journey through life.The others all went home and grew warlike, arming them- selves against the threatened danger; but still weeks, nay months, rolled on, and winter was turning into spring, and yet the country side remained so profoundly tranquil that every one began to believe that the con- victs must after all have been drowned, and that the boat found by sagacious Blockstrop had been capsized and thrown bottom upwards.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Henry Kingsley
ISBN-10: 141917990X
ISBN-13: 9781419179907
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2004
Pages: 556
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.50w x 1.23d