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22 115 y separately published work icon Jack Maggs Peter Carey , ( trans. André Zavriew )expression Paris : Feux Croises/Plon , 1999 Z205857 1997 single work novel historical fiction (taught in 8 units) The year is 1837 and ex-convict Jack Maggs has returned illegally to London from Australia. Installing himself in the household of a genteel grocer, he attracts the attention of a cross-section of society. Saucy Mercy Larkin wants him for a mate. Writer Tobias Oates wants to possess his soul through hypnosis. Maggs, a figure both frightening and mysteriously compelling, is so in thrall to the notion of a gentlemanly class that he’s risked his life to come back to his torturers. His task is to shed his false consciousness and understand that his true destiny lies in Australia.

30 170 y separately published work icon Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey , ( trans. Michel Courtois-Fourcy with title Oscar et Lucinda ) Paris : Feux Croises/Plon , 1999 Z359704 1988 single work novel (taught in 7 units)

'Oscar Hopkins is an Oxford seminarian with a passion for gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass. The year is 1864. When they meet on the boat to Australia their lives will be forever changed ...'


“Oscar Hopkins, the hydrophobic, noisy-kneed son of a preacher, renounces his father’s stern religion in favour of the Anglican Church. Lucinda Leplastrier, a frizzy-haired heiress, impulsively buys a glass factory with the inheritance forced on her by a well-intentioned adviser. When the two finally meet, on board a ship to New South Wales, they are bound by their affinity for gambling and risk, their loneliness, and their awkwardly blossoming mutual affection. Love will prove to be their ultimate gamble.”
(Source: Penguin Random House Blurb (2015))
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