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While the Billy BoilsWhile the Billy Boils

While the Billy Boils1905

Henry Lawson

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<p><i>While the Billy Boils</i> collates <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/henry-lawson">Henry Lawson’s</a> most well known short stories of the 1890s, originally published in a variety of Australian and New Zealand newspapers—most prominently the Sydney <i>Bulletin</i>. Lawson presents a satirical and sometimes emotional study of frontier life in late colonial Australia, and the characters living in it.</p>

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First published
1905
OL Work ID
OL1230163W

Subjects

FictionSocial life and customsAustralia in fictionFrontier and pioneer lifeFrontier and pioneer life in fictionFiction, short stories (single author)Frontier and pioneer life, fictionAustralia, fictionShort storiesFrontier and pioneer life -- FictionAustralia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

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