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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs
... English fiction - 19th century...Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library via Monbulk RSL, 48 Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges English fiction - 19th century Romantic fiction William Wallace encounters secret passageways, disguises, and a quintet of horrible villains as he fights for Scotland at the turn of the fourteenth century. p.350 The Scottish Chiefs Book Jane Porter The Walter Scott Publishing Co Ltd ...William Wallace encounters secret passageways, disguises, and a quintet of horrible villains as he fights for Scotland at the turn of the fourteenth century.p.350fictionWilliam Wallace encounters secret passageways, disguises, and a quintet of horrible villains as he fights for Scotland at the turn of the fourteenth century. english fiction - 19th century, romantic fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Collins, The works of Oscar Wilde, Unknown
... ...English fiction - 19th century...Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library via Monbulk RSL, 48 Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges English literature English fiction - 19th century A collection of the works of Oscar Wilde including stories, plays, poems, letters, and essays p.1247. ...A collection of the works of Oscar Wilde including stories, plays, poems, letters, and essaysp.1247.fictionA collection of the works of Oscar Wilde including stories, plays, poems, letters, and essaysenglish literature, english fiction - 19th century -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, de Morgan, William, Joseph Vance : an ill-written autobiography, [n.d.] [First published 1906]
... English arts and craft movement, and a good friend of William Morris. Fiction William de Morgan Simulated autobiography An account of the life of the (fictional) character Joseph Vance, particularly his experiences growing up in poverty in London during the late 19th century. ...An account of the life of the (fictional) character Joseph Vance, particularly his experiences growing up in poverty in London during the late 19th century. Explores themes of friendship, love and personal growth.569 p. : red cover, black lines and publisher's logo embossed in black on cover and spine.fictionAn account of the life of the (fictional) character Joseph Vance, particularly his experiences growing up in poverty in London during the late 19th century. Explores themes of friendship, love and personal growth.fiction, william de morgan, simulated autobiography -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery, 1883
... 19th century. His works later helped define science fiction as a genre. His career has often been divided into a productive early “positivist” phase, a later more pessimistic phase, and a posthumous phase in which his son Michel heavily altered some unfinished works within the broader Voyages Extraordinaire series. This novel was translated by William John Gordon, a British author and journalist known for translating and popularising adventure literature, this included number of other Jules Verne's works. Its significance is mainly bibliographic and literary, the 1883 British volume issue is notable as the first English ...“Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery” is Jules Verne’s 1882 adventure novel, originally written in French as L’École des Robinson's (“The School for Robinson's”). It follows a wealthy San Franciscan, Godfrey Morgan, who is sent on a voyage to toughen him up, only to end up marooned in a Robinson Crusoe style survival story. The original French edition was published in 1882, the first British English edition published in March 1883 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.Hard cover book, Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1883 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction“Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery” is Jules Verne’s 1882 adventure novel, originally written in French as L’École des Robinson's (“The School for Robinson's”). It follows a wealthy San Franciscan, Godfrey Morgan, who is sent on a voyage to toughen him up, only to end up marooned in a Robinson Crusoe style survival story. The original French edition was published in 1882, the first British English edition published in March 1883 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne, Abandoned, 1892
... English by William Henry Giles Kingston (1814–1880) who was a prolific British writer and translator, best known for adventure and boys’ fiction, and for helping introduce Jules Verne to English speaking readers. He is credited as the translator of “The Mysterious Island” (including the section translated as “Abandoned”) as well as several other Verne titles, such as “Michael Strogoff” and “Child of the Cavern”. Recent scholarship shows that many of these translations were actually done by his wife, Agnes Kinloch Kingston, who executed the work under his name. In short the subject book is a 19th century...English by William Henry Giles Kingston (1814–1880) who was a prolific British writer and translator, best known for adventure and boys’ fiction, and for helping introduce Jules Verne to English speaking readers. He is credited as the translator of “The Mysterious Island” (including the section translated as “Abandoned”) as well as several other Verne titles, such as “Michael Strogoff” and “Child of the Cavern”. Recent scholarship shows that many of these translations were actually done by his wife, Agnes Kinloch Kingston, who executed the work under his name. In short the subject book is a 19th century ..."Abandoned" is the second part of Jules Verne’s “The Mysterious Island trilogy”, continuing the story of a group of castaways testing their ingenuity and courage on a remote Pacific island. The 1892 Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington edition is an early English language reprint of this work.This novel is not among Verne’s absolute core masterpieces like “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” or “Around the World in Eighty Days”. Abandoned (also known as its original French title, "L’Île mystérieuse: Deuxième partie L’Abandonné" picks up the narrative of five or six men (including the engineer Cyrus Harding and the sailor Pencroff) who have already survived a balloon crash and built a rudimentary civilisation on a seemingly uninhabited island. As they explore the island further, they discover signs of a mysterious benefactor and eventually meet the “abandoned” character Ayrton, a former convict who has lived in isolation while the island itself faces natural and human threats that test their survival and moral choices. The story blends adventure, technology, and social Utopian themes, showing how rational cooperation can triumph over hardship and moral degeneration.Hard cover book, Abandoned. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, St. Dunstans House, Fetter Lane Fleet Street, London. EC. Date: 1892 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction"Abandoned" is the second part of Jules Verne’s “The Mysterious Island trilogy”, continuing the story of a group of castaways testing their ingenuity and courage on a remote Pacific island. The 1892 Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington edition is an early English language reprint of this work.This novel is not among Verne’s absolute core masterpieces like “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” or “Around the World in Eighty Days”. Abandoned (also known as its original French title, "L’Île mystérieuse: Deuxième partie L’Abandonné" picks up the narrative of five or six men (including the engineer Cyrus Harding and the sailor Pencroff) who have already survived a balloon crash and built a rudimentary civilisation on a seemingly uninhabited island. As they explore the island further, they discover signs of a mysterious benefactor and eventually meet the “abandoned” character Ayrton, a former convict who has lived in isolation while the island itself faces natural and human threats that test their survival and moral choices. The story blends adventure, technology, and social Utopian themes, showing how rational cooperation can triumph over hardship and moral degeneration.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Pickthall, Marmaduke, The Myopes, 1907
... Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936) was an English Islamic scholar, and a convert to Islam. Fiction Marmaduke Pickthall Set in the late 19th century in a small English village, where the protagonists are all struggling to find their place in society. 297 p. : embossed brown cover. ...Set in the late 19th century in a small English village, where the protagonists are all struggling to find their place in society.297 p. : embossed brown cover.fictionSet in the late 19th century in a small English village, where the protagonists are all struggling to find their place in society.fiction, marmaduke pickthall -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Jules Verne, The Steam House Part 2 Tigers and Traitors, 1881
... 19th century European views of India. Both parts of the novel are included in Verne’s major series of adventure and science-fiction novels “Voyages Extraordinaires” originally published in 1880 in French as La maison à vapeur. Both parts “The Demon of Cawnpore” and “Tigers and Traitors” were published in English ...“The Steam House” part two “Tigers and Traitors” is where the story continues with the Indian adventure from part one and brings the story of Colonel Munro and Nana Sahib to its climax. The same group of people continue their journey through northern India in the steam powered elephant that pulls two houses. The central conflict is Colonel Munro’s continued hunt for Nana Sahib, the rebel leader responsible for atrocities at Cawnpore during the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion, and for Munro’s wife, who was reported killed there. As they travel deeper into India, the party encounters various challenges including, tigers traitors and conspirators linked to Nana Sahib’s network. The landscape still seething with discontent after the Mutiny as the story builds to the confrontation with Nana Sahib and the resolution of Munro’s quest for revenge. The second part is also published under the alternative title “The End of Nana Sahib”, indicating that Nana Sahib’s fate is finally revealed.Hard cover book, The Steam House Part 2 Tigers and Traitors. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London Date: 1881. Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction“The Steam House” part two “Tigers and Traitors” is where the story continues with the Indian adventure from part one and brings the story of Colonel Munro and Nana Sahib to its climax. The same group of people continue their journey through northern India in the steam powered elephant that pulls two houses. The central conflict is Colonel Munro’s continued hunt for Nana Sahib, the rebel leader responsible for atrocities at Cawnpore during the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion, and for Munro’s wife, who was reported killed there. As they travel deeper into India, the party encounters various challenges including, tigers traitors and conspirators linked to Nana Sahib’s network. The landscape still seething with discontent after the Mutiny as the story builds to the confrontation with Nana Sahib and the resolution of Munro’s quest for revenge. The second part is also published under the alternative title “The End of Nana Sahib”, indicating that Nana Sahib’s fate is finally revealed.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ralph eric pattison, jules verne, voyages extraordinaire series, l’école des robinson's -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Adventure Story, Jules Verne et al, Keraban The Inflexible (part 1) The Captain of The Guidara, 1887
... 19th century. His works later helped define science fiction as a genre. His career has often been divided into a productive early “positivist” phase, a later more pessimistic phase, and a posthumous phase in which his son Michel heavily altered some unfinished works. Within the broader Voyages Extraordinaire series, this first feature of the two part novel stands out because it relies on real world geography and history rather than speculative technology or invention. Its significance is mainly bibliographic and literary, the 1887 British two volume issue is notable as the first English ..."The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”.In the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail.Hard cover book, Keraban The Inflexible (part 1)The Captain of The Guidara. Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington, Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street, London. W1. Date: 1887 Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen. fiction"The Captain of the Guidara" refers to the English title of the first volume of Jules Verne's 1883 novel Kéraban le Têtu, part of his Voyages Extraordinaire series. The second novel features “Scarpante the Spy” to complete the two part volume of “Kéraban the Inflexible”.In the English edition, the story is following The Captain of the Guidara. Originally published in French in 1883 and in Britain with two volumes in 1887. The story follows a stubborn Turkish merchant, Keraban, who refuses to pay a new tax on crossing the Bosporus and instead embarks on a lengthy journey around the Black Sea. The "Guidara" refers to the ship central to this Ottoman era adventure. It features two Dutchmen and the obstinate Keraban navigating political, cultural, and geographical challenges. The novel is richly illustrated and reflects Verne’s signature blend of travel, exploration, and historical detail. warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, keraban the inflexible (part 1) the captain of the guidara, jules verne -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Whyte-Melville, G. J, Roy's wife : a novel. Vol 1, 1878
... Fiction Romance G. J. Whyte-Melville Set in the drawing rooms and hunting fields of 19th-century high society, the story follows the tangled romantic relationships, social expectations, and personal dilemmas of the English gentry Sticker on front cover 'Mullen's Library Melbourne' 299p. ; brown cover with black embossed pattern on front and back covers Roy's wife : a novel. ...Set in the drawing rooms and hunting fields of 19th-century high society, the story follows the tangled romantic relationships, social expectations, and personal dilemmas of the English gentry299p. ; brown cover with black embossed pattern on front and back coversfictionSet in the drawing rooms and hunting fields of 19th-century high society, the story follows the tangled romantic relationships, social expectations, and personal dilemmas of the English gentryfiction, romance, g. j. whyte-melville
