Kangaroo illustrated (Paperback)
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| Management number | 240036761 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | $11.34 | Model Number | 240036761 | ||
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Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers and his German wife Harriet in the early 1920s. This appears to be semi-autobiographical, based on a three-month visit to Australia by Lawrence and his wife Frieda, in 1922. The novel includes a chapter ("Nightmare") describing the Somers' experiences in wartime St Ives, Cornwall, vivid descriptions of the Australian landscape, and Richard Somers' sceptical reflections on fringe politics in Sydney. Ultimately, after being initially somewhat drawn to the Digger movement led by Benjamin Cooley - 'Kangaroo' - neither it nor the "great general emotion" of Kangaroo himself appeal to Somers, and in this the novel begins to reflect Lawrence's own experiences during World War I.[1] On the other hand, Somers also rejects the socialism of Willie Struthers, which emphasises "generalised love"
Kangaroo illustrated (Paperback)| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | January, 2021 |
| Pages | 498 |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| Publisher | Independently published |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Character | Richard Lovat Somers, Harriet, Benjamin Cooley, Willie Struthers |
| Assembled product height | 1.5 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Fiction |
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