Edward Barry, South Sea Pearler is a novel written by Louis Becke, first published in 1900. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of Edward Barry, a young man who leaves his home in Australia to become a pearl diver in the South Pacific.Barry is a skilled...
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Edward Barry, South Sea Pearler is a novel that was written by Louis Becke and first published in 1900. The story takes place in the South Pacific and follows the life of Edward Barry, a young man who works as a pearl diver. The book is divided into three parts, each of which...
Reproduction of the original: Edward Barry by Louis Becke
A wild, blustering day in Sydney, the Queen City of the Southern Seas. Since early morn a keen, cutting, sleet-laden westerly gale had been blowing, rattling and shaking the windows of the houses in the higher and more exposed portions of the town, and churning the blue waters...