y separately published work icon Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever single work   novel   romance  
Issue Details: First known date: 1854... 1854 Clara Morison : A Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever
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* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Rigby , 1971 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Susan Eade , single work criticism
Argues that Spence's illustration of Australian characters is concentrated on the domestic lives of a small number of characters. She was familiar with the romantic conventions popular in her day, but believed that fiction should be improving as well as entertaining.
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