Selected Stories

by Henry Lawson

This newly complied collection showcases some of the very best of Henry Lawson's short fiction, dealing with his perennially popular themes of love, adventure, humour and home. These stories confirm his reputation as one of the world's greatest short story writers and one of Australia's most loved authors.Henry Lawson was born in Australia in 1967 and travelled around New Zealand and Australia throughout his life writing poetry and fiction.

Genres: Short Stories, Classics

576 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2010

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

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

[Des · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful collection of Australian (and some New Zealand) bush stories, some funny, some sad, others pretty hard hitting. Very re-readable, I took just over a year to make my way through these 69 stories. Lawson created many wonderful characters, chief amongst them being Mitchell, One-eyed Bogan, Joe and Mary Wilson, The Giraffe, and many other loveable ‘coves’.

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

For some reason I had the idea that this guy was outdated, irrelevant and not very interesting. I was wrong. The stories are vivid and full of life, a joy to read.

[Lewis Woolston · Rating 5 out of 5]

A solid gold classic collection of stories. Essential for anyone who wants to understand Australian Literature. I'm not exaggerating when I say that just as English Literature starts with Chaucer and Shakespeare so Australian Literature starts with Henry Lawson. This is the root of it. Everything proceeds from here.
The stories are beautiful at times, dark and troubling at others and there is hints of sadness mixed in with comedy. Brilliant, well worth spending time with this book.

[Alison Clifford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Particularly enjoyed the Joe Wilson stories and the descriptions of bush living.

[Jeff Macpherson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting from a historical and early Australian cultural perspective