For the Term of His Natural Life
by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
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The most famous work by the Australian novelist and poet, For the Term of His Natural Life is a powerful tale of an Australian penal settlement, which originally appeared in serial form in a Melbourne paper.
Chapters (83)
- FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE
- HIS NATURAL LIFE.
- PROLOGUE.
- BOOK I.—THE SEA. 1827.
- CHAPTER I. THE PRISON SHIP.
- CHAPTER II. SARAH PURFOY.
- CHAPTER III. THE MONOTONY BREAKS.
- CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITAL.
- CHAPTER V. THE BARRACOON.
- CHAPTER VI. THE FATE OF THE “HYDASPES”.
- CHAPTER VII. TYPHUS FEVER.
- CHAPTER VIII. A DANGEROUS CRISIS.
- CHAPTER IX. WOMAN'S WEAPONS.
- CHAPTER X. EIGHT BELLS.
- CHAPTER XI. DISCOVERIES AND CONFESSIONS.
- CHAPTER XII. A NEWSPAPER PARAGRAPH.
- BOOK II.—MACQUARIE HARBOUR. 1833.
- CHAPTER I. THE TOPOGRAPHY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.
- CHAPTER II. THE SOLITARY OF “HELL'S GATES”.
- CHAPTER III. A SOCIAL EVENING.
- CHAPTER IV. THE BOLTER.
- CHAPTER V. SYLVIA.
- CHAPTER VI. A LEAP IN THE DARK.
- CHAPTER VII. THE LAST OF MACQUARIE HARBOUR.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE POWER OF THE WILDERNESS.
- CHAPTER IX. THE SEIZURE OF THE “OSPREY”
- CHAPTER X. JOHN REX'S REVENGE.
- CHAPTER XI. LEFT AT “HELL'S GATES.”
- CHAPTER XII. “MR.” DAWES.
- CHAPTER XIII. WHAT THE SEAWEED SUGGESTED.
- CHAPTER XIV. A WONDERFUL DAY'S WORK.
- CHAPTER XV. THE CORACLE.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE WRITING ON THE SAND.
- CHAPTER XVII. AT SEA.
- BOOK III.—PORT ARTHUR. 1838.
- CHAPTER I. A LABOURER IN THE VINEYARD.
- CHAPTER II. SARAH PURFOY'S REQUEST.
- CHAPTER III. THE STORY OF TWO BIRDS OF PREY.
- CHAPTER IV. “THE NOTORIOUS DAWES.”
- CHAPTER V. MAURICE FRERE'S GOOD ANGEL.
- CHAPTER VI. MR. MEEKIN ADMINISTERS CONSOLATION.
- CHAPTER VII. RUFUS DAWES'S IDYLL.
- CHAPTER VIII. AN ESCAPE.
- CHAPTER IX. JOHN REX'S LETTER HOME.
- CHAPTER X. WHAT BECAME OF THE MUTINEERS OF THE “OSPREY”
- CHAPTER XI. A RELIC OF MACQUARIE HARBOUR.
- CHAPTER XII. AT PORT ARTHUR.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE COMMANDANT'S BUTLER.
- CHAPTER XIV. Mr. NORTH'S DISPOSITION.
- CHAPTER XV. ONE HUNDRED LASHES.
- CHAPTER XVI. KICKING AGAINST THE PRICKS.
- CHAPTER XVII. CAPTAIN AND MRS. FRERE.
- CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE HOSPITAL.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSOLATIONS OF RELIGION.
- CHAPTER XX. “A NATURAL PENITENTIARY.”
- CHAPTER XXI. A VISIT OF INSPECTION.
- CHAPTER XXII. GATHERING IN THE THREADS.
- CHAPTER XXIII. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET.
- CHAPTER XXIV. IN THE NIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE FLIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE WORK OF THE SEA.
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
- BOOK IV.—NORFOLK ISLAND. 1846.
- CHAPTER I. EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF THE REV. JAMES NORTH.
- CHAPTER II. THE LOST HEIR.
- CHAPTER III. EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF THE REV. JAMES NORTH.
- CHAPTER IV. EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF THE REV. JAMES NORTH.
- CHAPTER V. MR. RICHARD DEVINE SURPRISED.
- CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH THE CHAPLAIN IS TAKEN ILL.
- CHAPTER VII. BREAKING A MAN'S SPIRIT.
- CHAPTER VIII. EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF THE REV. JAMES NORTH.
- CHAPTER IX. THE LONGEST STRAW.
- CHAPTER X. A MEETING.
- CHAPTER XI. EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF THE REV. JAMES NORTH.
- CHAPTER XII. THE STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF Mr. NORTH.
- CHAPTER XIII. MR. NORTH SPEAKS.
- CHAPTER XIV. GETTING READY FOR SEA.
- CHAPTER XV. THE DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER XVI. FIFTEEN HOURS.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE REDEMPTION.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE CYCLONE.
- EPILOGUE.
- APPENDIX.
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