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Title: | The Broad Arrow | ||
| Sub-title: | Being Passages from the History of Maida Gwynnham, a Lifer | |||
| By (author): | Oliné Keese Edited by: Jenna Mead | |||
| ISBN10-13: | 192089974X : 9781920899745 | |||
| Illustrations: | 9 | |||
| Format: | Paperback | |||
| Size: | 250x17.6mm | |||
| Pages: | 443 | |||
| Weight: | .400 Kg. | |||
| Published: | Sydney University Press - February 2019 | |||
| List Price: | 26.99 Pounds Sterling | |||
| Availability: | In Stock Qty Available: 3 | |||
| Subjects: | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) | |||
| Caroline Leakey, writing as Oliné Keese, published her first and only novel, The Broad Arrow, in 1859. It tells the story of Maida Gwynnham, a young middle-class woman lured into committing a forgery by her deceitful lover, Captain Norwell, and then wrongly convicted of infanticide. The novelâ s title describes the arrow that was stamped onto government property, including the clothes worn by convicts â a symbol of shame and incarceration. With its â fallen womanâ protagonist, its gothic undertones and its exploration of the social and moral implications of the penal system, this little-known novel gives an insight into a significant chapter of Australian history from a uniquely female perspective.In this new critical edition, editor Jenna Mead restores material that was cut for a radically abridged version in 1886, restoring for the first time in over a century the complete original text of Leakeyâ s important work. | ||||
| Table of Contents: | ||||
| Acknowledgments Introduction A Note on the Text A Note on the Illustrations Preface Volume 1 1. The festival 2. Maida Gwynnham 3. Captain Norwell 4. The felon 5. Bob Pragg 6. Mary Doveton 7. The reverend Herbert Evelyn 8. Too late 9. The Cousins 10. The lie 11. The Rose of Britain 12. Lucy Grenlow's tale 13. Mulgrave battery and the lodge 14. The paraclete 15. Uncle Ev and uncle Ev's notions 16. Doubts on more subjects than one 17. A walk about Hobarton and a talk about the tasmanians 18. Aunt Evelyn and family matters 19. Being nothing particular 20. H.M.S. Anson 21. The initiation - without Volume 2 22. The initiation - within 23. Being one about Bridget 24. The post office 25. A T.L. 26. The conflict 27. An old acquaintance 28. H.M. General Hospital, Hobarton 29. Port Arthur - O.P.S.O. - The Kangaroo 30. Port Arthur - the settlement 31. A day dream and night vision 32. The isle of the dead 33. Accepted 34. Bridget again 35. The awakening - more victims 36. Maida 37. Norwell Summary of minor variants Notes Bibliography |
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| Reviews: | ||||
| 'The Broad Arrow is much more than a romantic story ... the main Van Diemen's Land part is absorbing ... every page tells the reader something about the colony. This is an important book for the historian and for anyone interested in nineteenth century Tasmania.' -- Alison Alexander -- Papers and Proceedings: Tasmanian Historical Research Association | ||||
| 'This new edition of The Broad Arrow is not just the definitive edition of a hugely important colonial novel which should be read on its own terms, but is a valuable contribution to textual scholarship, and will undoubtedly remain a reference work for years to come.' -- Tim Causer -- Journal of Australian Colonial History | ||||
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