y separately published work icon The Romance of the Swag selected work   short story   prose  
  • Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
Issue Details: First known date: 1907... 1907 The Romance of the Swag
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Reprint of the second part of Children of the Bush (1902). According to Colin Roderick 'Latter-day corruptions crept in when Lawson's publisher emended the texts in 1924 to fit the stories into two volumes in the Platypus Series' (Henry Lawson: Short Stories and Sketches 1888-1922, p. xviii)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1907 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Romance of the Swag, Henry Lawson , single work short story (p. 123-129)
* Contents derived from the Project Gutenberg Australia , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Romance of the Swag, Henry Lawson , single work short story
Buckolts' Gate, Henry Lawson , single work short story
Uncle Abel is a stubborn man who causes confusion and heartache when he mistakenly accuses his great-niece's lover of being unfaithful.

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Notes:
According to Colin Roderick 'Latter-day corruptions crept in when Lawson's publisher emended the texts in 1924 to fit the stories into two volumes in the Platypus Series' (Henry Lawson: Short Stories and Sketches 1888-1922, p. xviii). This edition omits some material and individual stories vary textually from earlier versions.

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Works about this Work

Henry Lawson in His Writing -- VIII : The Romance of the Swag Cecil Mann , 1964 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Stories of Henry Lawson : Second Series 1964; (p. 279-292)
Another Lawson Book 1907 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 27 November vol. 75 no. 1973 1907; (p. 26)

— Review of The Romance of the Swag Henry Lawson , 1907 selected work short story prose
Another Lawson Book 1907 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 27 November vol. 75 no. 1973 1907; (p. 26)

— Review of The Romance of the Swag Henry Lawson , 1907 selected work short story prose
Henry Lawson in His Writing -- VIII : The Romance of the Swag Cecil Mann , 1964 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Stories of Henry Lawson : Second Series 1964; (p. 279-292)
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