Such is Life is a novel by Australian author Joseph Furphy, originally published in 1903. The book is a collection of diary entries from the character Tom Collins, a wandering farmer and horse trader in 19th century Australia. The entries are presented in a non-linear fashion, jumping back and forth in time and often switching between different characters' perspectives. The book explores themes of identity, class, and the Australian landscape, and features a colorful cast of characters including swindlers, bushrangers, and ...
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Such is Life is a novel by Australian author Joseph Furphy, originally published in 1903. The book is a collection of diary entries from the character Tom Collins, a wandering farmer and horse trader in 19th century Australia. The entries are presented in a non-linear fashion, jumping back and forth in time and often switching between different characters' perspectives. The book explores themes of identity, class, and the Australian landscape, and features a colorful cast of characters including swindlers, bushrangers, and Aboriginal trackers. The language is highly vernacular and colloquial, reflecting the speech patterns of the time and place. Such is Life is considered a classic of Australian literature, and is often cited as one of the greatest works of fiction in the country's history.Good. If either of the two first hypotheses be correct, my enforced furlough tacitly conveys the responsibility of extending a ray of information, however narrow and feeble, across the path of such fellow-pilgrims as have led lives more sedentary than my own--particularly as I have enough money to frank myself in a frugal way for some weeks, as well as to purchase the few requisites of authorship.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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