The bush undertaker and other stories,

by Henry Lawson, Colin Roderick (Editor)

Henry Lawson's Bush Undertaker, The Drover's Wife, The Loaded Dog and The Union Buries Its Dead are remembered not simply as his most popular stories but as the cornerstones of his literary reputation.

Lawson projected parts of his own personality into the central re-occurring characters in his stories and in this carefully selected presentation by Colin Roderick, Lawson's best stories are published in harmonious sequences to demonstrate the point.

This unique A & R CLASSIC volume of Henry Lawson's stories includes a 25 page Commentary on the author's corrections and publishing history of each story.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

272 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1970

About the author

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Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer".[1] He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist Louisa Lawson.
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Reviews

[Jillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it for my English lit class it was interesting and had good foreshadowing

[Rhys Clarke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was expecting a harder read, but easy reading, beautiful and soulful Australiana