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Text Classics are iconic books by our most loved writers.
The Text Classics series is designed to unearth some of the lost marvels of our literature, and to allow readers to rediscover wonderful books they have never forgotten. These books are milestones in the Australian experience. We have chosen them in the conviction that they still have much to say to us, undiminished in their power to delight, challenge and surprise us.
‘The Text Classics series is one of the great endeavours of modern Australian publishing and has helped us rediscover countless literary gems.’ Courier-Mail
The Text Classics series is designed to unearth some of the lost marvels of our literature, and to allow readers to rediscover wonderful books they have never forgotten. These books are milestones in the Australian experience. We have chosen them in the conviction that they still have much to say to us, undiminished in their power to delight, challenge and surprise us.
‘The Text Classics series is one of the great endeavours of modern Australian publishing and has helped us rediscover countless literary gems.’ Courier-Mail
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Life and Adventures 1776-1801: Text Classics
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Myself When Young: Text Classics
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Sydney Bridge Upside Down
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The Australian Ugliness
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The Beauties And Furies
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The Brush-Off: A Murray Whelan Thriller: Text Classics (Murray Whelan Novels Book 2)
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The Cardboard Crown: Text Classics
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The Delinquents
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The Dig Tree: Text Classics: The Story of Burke and Wills
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The Dying Trade (Cliff Hardy, #1)
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The Essence of the Thing
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The Even More Complete Book of Australian Verse
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The Explorers
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The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
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The Girl Green as Elderflower
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The Glass Canoe
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The House That Was Eureka
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