Project Gutenberg 2011-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 66 Boldrewood, Rolf 1826 1915 Browne, Thomas Alexander The Crooked Stick; Or, Pollie's Probation Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Crooked Stick; Or, Pollie's Probation" by Rolf Boldrewood is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set in the Australian outback and revolves around the Devereux family, especially focusing on Pollie Devereux, a spirited young woman yearning for adventure against the backdrop of a challenging dry season. The novel explores themes of love, loss, and the struggles of rural life in a colonial setting." "The opening of the novel introduces a dramatic scene involving Captain Brian Devereux, who is ambushed by bushrangers while traveling by coach in West Logan. The narrative swiftly transitions to Pollie Devereux, who expresses her restlessness with the monotonous pastoral life at Corindah. Amidst her mother’s pragmatic concerns for their suffering livestock due to drought, Pollie displays a yearning for life beyond their isolated existence. The struggle with the harsh realities of their environment sets the stage for the interplay of personal aspirations, familial responsibilities, and the looming presence of fate that permeates the story." (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Australia -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 396405 396428 2024-09-15T04:10:38.749315 2023-09-15T09:57:34.421369 text/html text/html 396561 2011-02-04T15:24:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 156483 2011-02-04T15:24:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 213595 2024-09-15T04:10:45.079241 application/epub+zip 217658 2024-09-15T04:10:40.430260 application/epub+zip 217659 2024-09-15T04:10:39.452263 application/epub+zip 425529 2024-09-15T04:10:48.834176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406658 2024-09-15T04:10:44.408205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406865 2022-09-16T07:19:02.480013 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382371 382168 2024-09-15T04:10:38.092245 2023-09-15T09:57:33.825365 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 382186 2011-02-04T15:24:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 153549 2011-02-04T15:24:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 382184 2011-02-04T15:24:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153477 2011-02-04T15:24:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20263 2024-09-15T04:10:48.966167 application/rdf+xml 17260 2024-09-15T04:10:39.810217 image/jpeg 3855 2024-09-15T04:10:39.630236 image/jpeg 209812 2024-09-15T04:10:38.786235 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia