THE ATHENAEUMFor the Term of His Natural LifeMarcus Clarke
History
For the Term of His Natural Life
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textRufus Dawes is transported to Van Diemen’s Land for a murder he did not commit, and the novel follows him through the penal settlements of Macquarie Harbour, Port Arthur and Norfolk Island. Marcus Clarke worked from the colonial records, and published it as a serial in Melbourne between 1870 and 1872. It is the great novel of the convict system, and a harrowing one.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 12 hr 10 min
- Where to find it
- The Australian Room, at the Antipodes
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #3424. In the public domain in the United States.