convicts in irish and british novels

d lindsey <d_lindsey.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in article
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 > Dear all,
 >
 > Has anyone come across any novel that includes (or mentions) convicts
 > transported to Australia? I looking for any narrative like this, but
 > particularly those by Irish and English authors or set (initially) in
 > Ireland. Any help is much appreciated.
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 > d lindsey
 >


Well there's Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" and Rolf Boldrewood's
"Robbery Under Arms".

I was going to mention "Under Capricorn" but I believe Hitchcock's movie
was based on a play not a novel.

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"d lindsey" <d_lindsey DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Dear all,
 >
 > Has anyone come across any novel that includes (or mentions) convicts
 > transported to Australia? I looking for any narrative like this, but
 > particularly those by Irish and English authors or set (initially) in
 > Ireland. Any help is much appreciated.

Start with Richard Flanagen's
Gould's Book of Fish: a novel in twelve fish
(Grove Press 2001.)


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"d lindsey" <d_lindsey.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Dear all,
 >
 > Has anyone come across any novel that includes (or mentions) convicts
 > transported to Australia? I looking for any narrative like this, but
 > particularly those by Irish and English authors or set (initially) in
 > Ireland. Any help is much appreciated.
 >
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale has good parts about convicts quite
detailed and well researched. Peter Carey has it as a theme in "The true
history of the Kelly gang" as well as another of his books that I can't
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"notme" <never.TakeThisOut@here.ok> writes:

 > "d lindsey" <d_lindsey.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:c3fae510.0412250213.6935fe2c@posting.google.com...
  > > Dear all,
  > >
  > > Has anyone come across any novel that includes (or mentions) convicts
  > > transported to Australia? I looking for any narrative like this, but
  > > particularly those by Irish and English authors or set (initially) in
  > > Ireland. Any help is much appreciated.
  > >
 > English Passengers by Matthew Kneale has good parts about convicts quite
 > detailed and well researched. Peter Carey has it as a theme in "The true
 > history of the Kelly gang" as well as another of his books that I can't
 > remember.

I've heard Marcus Clarke's For the Term of His Natural Life recommended,
but haven't read it myself. It's about a convict in Tasmania (IIRC).

Bruce<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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d lindsey wrote:

 >Dear all,
 >
 >Has anyone come across any novel that includes (or mentions) convicts
 >transported to Australia? I looking for any narrative like this, but
 >particularly those by Irish and English authors or set (initially) in
 >Ireland. Any help is much appreciated.
 >
 >Cheers,
 >
 >d lindsey
 >
 >

I think at least one Sherlock Kolmes' story involves this, but I cannot
come up with the name of the story right now.


Francis A. Miniter<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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One may as well begin with David's letter to rec.arts.books:
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 > d lindsey <d_lindsey DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in article
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  >> Dear all,
  >>
  >> Has anyone come across any novel that includes (or mentions) convicts
  >> transported to Australia? I looking for any narrative like this, but
  >> particularly those by Irish and English authors or set (initially) in
  >> Ireland. Any help is much appreciated.
[..]
 > Well there's Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations"...

Speaking of which, there's also Peter Carey's recent pastiche, _Jack
Maggs_. It's the story of Great Expectations retold from the
transported convict's point of view. Five star reviews all over the
place and it's out in paperback.

[..]
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