Henry Savery Henry Savery i(A6279 works by)
Also writes as: Simon Stukeley
Born: Established: 4 Aug 1791 Somerset,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Feb 1842 Port Arthur, Tasman Peninsula, Forestier Peninsula - Tasman Peninsula area, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 9 Dec 1825
Heritage: English
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1 From : The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land Simon Stukeley , 2009 extract essay (The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 69-72)
1 [Untitled] (from Quintus Servinton : Preface) Henry Savery , 1993 single work biography extract
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of 19th Century Australian Literature 1993; (p. 91)
1 At the Court House : No.6 Hobart Town, July 10, 1829 Simon Stukeley , 1989 single work essay satire
— Appears in: Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989; (p. 25-29)
1 Arriving from England : No.2 Hobart Town, June 12, 1829 Simon Stukeley , 1989 single work essay satire
— Appears in: Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989; (p. 22-25)
1 The Voyage : No.1 Hobart Town, June 5, 1829 Simon Stukeley , 1989 single work essay satire
— Appears in: Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989; (p. 20-22)
1 A Court Case in Hobart Town Henry Savery , 1961 single work prose
— Appears in: They Came to Australia : An Anthology 1961; (p. 8-13)
2 27 y separately published work icon Quintus Servinton : A Tale, Founded upon Incidents of Real Occurrence Henry Savery , Hobart : Henry Melville , 1830 Z897205 1830-1831 single work novel

'By setting, by date of publication, and the residence of the author, Quintus Servinton is rightly regarded as Australia's first novel. Printed in Hobart Town in three volumes, in 1830-1, and expressly intended for dispatch to England (where it was re-issued in London in 1832), only a few copies were reserved for sale in Tasmania. Of these, only three are known to survive, and the book has long been inaccessible to any but the most persistent of readers.'

'It presents an invaluable and fascinating picture - first of English provincial life and of contemporary business dealing, and then of convict life as experienced by an educated convict, a contrast and complement to the Ralph Rashleigh picture of the convict of humble birth and little or no education crushed by brutality and manual labour.'

'In his introduction, Cecil Hadgraft traces the author's own chequered career - an amazing sequence of misfortunes and miscalculations both before and after his twenty-four hour reprieve from the gallows, and particularly significant for the assessment and appreciation of a novel known to be largely autobiographical.' (Source: Online)
4 6 y separately published work icon The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land : From the Colonial Times Simon Stukeley , Hobart : Andrew Bent , 1829 Z937152 1829 collected work essay satire travel
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