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Jonah

Louis Stone (1871–1935)

Novel · first published 1911 · London: Methuen

A hunchbacked larrikin leader rises from the Waterloo push to own a boot shop in early-1900s Sydney.

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Louis Stone (author) died in 1935. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1985. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.

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First published in 1911. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.

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Contents

  1. Jonah
  2. by
  3. Louis Stone
  4. CONTENTS
  5. PART 1
  6. LARRIKINS ALL
  7. PART 2
  8. THE SIGN OF THE "SILVER SHOE"
  9. PART 1
  10. LARRIKINS ALL
  11. CHAPTER 1
  12. SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CORNER
  13. CHAPTER 2
  14. JONAH EATS GREEN PEAS
  15. CHAPTER 3
  16. CARDIGAN STREET AT HOME
  17. CHAPTER 4
  18. JONAH DISCOVERS THE BABY
  19. WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT IT, PEAS AND PIES WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT!
  20. CHAPTER 5
  21. THE PUSH DEALS IT OUT
  22. CHAPTER 6
  23. THE BABY DISCOVERS JONAH
  24. CHAPTER 7
  25. A QUIET WEDDING
  26. CHAPTER 8
  27. JONAH STARTS ON HIS OWN
  28. CHAPTER 9
  29. PADDY'S MARKET
  30. CHAPTER 10
  31. JONAH DECLARES WAR
  32. JOSEPH JONES, BOOTMAKER. Repairs neatly executed.
  33. WHILE U WAIT. Boots and Shoes Soled and Heeled. GENTS, 2/11; LADIES, 1/11; CHILDS, 1/6.
  34. Repairs neatly executed GENTS, 3/6; LADIES, 2/6; CHILDS, 1/9
  35. CHAPTER 11
  36. THE COURTING OF PINKEY
  37. END OF PART I.
  38. PART 2
  39. THE SIGN OF THE "SILVER SHOE"
  40. CHAPTER 12
  41. THE SIGN OF THE "SILVER SHOE"
  42. JONAH'S SILVER SHOE EMPORIUM
  43. MISS CLARA GRIMES, TEACHER OF MUSIC. Terms: 1 pound 1 shilling per quarter.
  44. CHAPTER 13
  45. A FAMILY IN EXILE
  46. CHAPTER 14
  47. ADA MAKES A FRIEND
  48. CHAPTER 15
  49. Mrs PARTRIDGE LENDS A HAND
  50. CHAPTER 16
  51. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
  52. CHAPTER 17
  53. THE TWO-UP SCHOOL
  54. CHAPTER 18
  55. THE "ANGEL" LOSES A CUSTOMER
  56. CHAPTER 19
  57. THE PIPES OF PAN
  58. CHAPTER 20
  59. MRS PARTRIDGE MINDS THE SHOP
  60. CHAPTER 21
  61. DAD WEEPS ON A TOMBSTONE
  62. CHAPTER 22
  63. A FATAL ACCIDENT

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