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A collection of short stories and sketches set in colonial rural Australia, presenting episodes of bush life, shearing, droving, and encounters with bushrangers alongside reminiscences of town and sporting life. Vignettes range from domestic struggles and farming enterprise to tales of stockmen, rough-riding contests, droughts and isolated tragedies, often mixing practical detail with wry observation. Several pieces adopt first-person reminiscence or yarn-like narration, balancing adventure and pastoral routine while examining community ties, labour, and shifting social circumstances on the frontier.

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Title: In Bad Company, and other stories

Author: Rolf Boldrewood

Release date: February 27, 2016 [eBook #51314]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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IN BAD COMPANY
AND OTHER STORIES
THE WORKS OF
ROLF BOLDREWOOD
Uniform Edition
Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. each.
  • ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.
  • A COLONIAL REFORMER.
  • THE MINER'S RIGHT.
  • A MODERN BUCCANEER.
  • NEVERMORE.
  • THE SQUATTER'S DREAM.
  • A SYDNEY-SIDE SAXON.
  • OLD MELBOURNE MEMORIES.
  • MY RUN HOME.
  • THE SEALSKIN CLOAK.
  • THE CROOKED STICK; or, Pollie's Probation.
  • PLAIN LIVING.
  • A ROMANCE OF CANVAS TOWN.
  • WAR TO THE KNIFE.
  • BABES IN THE BUSH.
  • IN BAD COMPANY, and other Stories.
  • THE SPHINX OF EAGLEHAWK: A Tale of Old Bendigo. Fcap. 8vo. 2s.
  • THE GHOST CAMP; or, The Avengers. Cr. 8vo. 6s.
MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd., LONDON.

IN BAD COMPANY
 
AND OTHER STORIES

BY
ROLF BOLDREWOOD
AUTHOR OF
'ROBBERY UNDER ARMS,' 'THE MINER'S RIGHT,' 'THE SQUATTER'S DREAM,'
'A COLONIAL REFORMER,' ETC.
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1903
All rights reserved
First Edition 1901
Re-issue 1903