{"product_id":"9781920898687","title":"Charles Dickens' Australia: Selected Essays from Household Words 1850-1859","description":"Author: Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781920898687\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sydney University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 May 2011\u003cbr\u003ePages: 230\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens is little celebrated as a journalist, yet his career spanned nearly 40 years. Starting as a court reporter, parliamentary newspaper columnist and theatre critic, he developed an instinct for injustice, humbug and charade. For 20 years he edited his own weekly journal, \u003ci\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/i\u003e, later known as \u003ci\u003eAll the Year Round\u003c\/i\u003e, publishing articles and stories designed to be interesting, entertaining and educational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDickens had a keen interest in Australia and fortuitously began publishing the periodical at a transitional moment, just before the heady days of the 1850s gold rush set the world ablaze. The discovery of gold drove a period of mass immigration and expansion into the hinterlands, and caused radical economic and social changes in an emerging nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the nearly 3,000 articles published in \u003ci\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/i\u003e, some 100 related to Australia and have been collected in this anthology. Dickens saw Australia as offering opportunities for England's poor and downtrodden to make a new start and a brighter future for themselves; this optimism is reflected in many of the articles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories have been grouped into five volumes: \u003ci\u003eConvict Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImmigration\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrontier Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMining and Gold\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaritime Conditions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in this volume examine important questions faced by prospective immigrants: how to prepare, what to take to Australia, how to recognise a suitable vessel to sail on, and where to go for advice before embarking on this life-changing adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861490946206,"sku":"ADS-9781920898687","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781920898687.jpg?v=1779252739","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781920898687","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}