
Australian outback had always fascinated the British colonial imagination when rags to riches stories of the British convicts and other social outcasts transformed the image of Australia as a gold digger's paradise (remember Abel Magwitch's story in Charles Dicken's Great Expectations?)...

In "British Tales of the Bush: 5 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)," E. W. Hornung juxtaposes the ruggedness of colonial life with the nuanced intricacies of human relationships. This collection interweaves adventure, humor, and the stark realities of bush life in Australia,...