Harry Heathcote of Gangoil

Name: Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781609779597

by Anthony Trollope

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Trollope's only Australian novel, Harry Heathcote of Gangoil deals with the problems facing a young sheepfarmer, or 'squatter' (modelled after Trollope's son Frederic) in outback Australia. Using conventions of the Christmas story established by Dickens in the late 1840s, the novel shows Harry Heathcote thwarting the envious ex-convict neighbors who harbor his disgruntled former employees and who attempt to set fire to his pastures. Trollope draws heavily on his knowledge of the social and econo

First published 1874 131 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 19
Editions known: 129

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DDC 823.8 LCC PR-5684.00000000.H3 H Australia -- FictionAustralia in fictionAustralia, fictionBritishBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)British in fictionClassic LiteratureFiction

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