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The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn

Henry Kingsley (1830–1876)

Novel · first published 1859 · Cambridge: Macmillan

An early, hugely popular novel of English settlers, squatters, bushrangers and convicts in colonial Australia.

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About 158,986 words · roughly 11.1 hours of reading (long) · 28 sections online · In: Convict and goldfields era

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Henry Kingsley (author) died in 1876. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1926. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.

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First published in 1859. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.

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Contents

  1. The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn
  2. by
  3. Henry Kingsley
  4. TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER THIS BOOK, THE FRUIT OF SO MANY WEARY YEARS OF SEPARATION, IS DEDICATED WITH THE DEEPEST LOVE AN
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Chapter I
  7. INTRODUCTORY.
  8. Chapter II
  9. THE COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE OF JOHN THORNTON, CLERK, AND THE BIRTH OF SOME ONE WHO TAKES RATHER A CONSPICUOUS PART IN OUR
  10. Chapter III
  11. THE HISTORY OF (A CERTAIN FAMILY LIVING IN) EUROPE, FROM THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR TO THE PEACE OF 1818, CONTAINING FACTS
  12. Chapter IV
  13. SOME NEW FACES.
  14. Chapter V
  15. IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACCOMPLICE TO A MISPRISION OF FELONY.
  16. Chapter VI
  17. GEORGE HAWKER GOES TO THE FAIR—WRESTLES, BUT GETS THROWN ON HIS BACK, SHOOTS AT A MARK, BUT MISSES IT.
  18. Chapter VII
  19. MAJOR BUCKLEY GIVES HIS OPINION ON TROUT-FISHING, ON EMIGRATION, AND ON GEORGE HAWKER.
  20. Chapter VIII
  21. THE VICAR HEARS SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE.
  22. Chapter IX
  23. WHEN THE KYE CAME HAME.
  24. Chapter X
  25. IN WHICH WE SEE A GOOD DEAL OF MISCHIEF BREWING.
  26. Chapter XI
  27. IN WHICH THE VICAR PREACHES A FAREWELL SERMON.
  28. Chapter XII
  29. IN WHICH A VERY MUSCULAR CHRISTIAN INDEED, COMES ON THE STAGE.
  30. Chapter XIII
  31. THE DISCOVERY OF THE FORGERIES.
  32. Chapter XIV
  33. THE MAJOR'S VISIT TO THE "NAG'S-HEAD."
  34. Chapter XV
  35. THE BRIGHTON RACES, AND WHAT HAPPENED THEREAT.
  36. Chapter XVI
  37. THE END OF MARY'S EXPEDITION.
  38. Chapter XVII
  39. EXODUS.
  40. Chapter XVIII
  41. THE FIRST PUFF OF THE SOUTH WIND.
  42. Chapter XIX
  43. I HIRE A NEW HORSEBREAKER.
  44. Chapter XX
  45. A WARM CHRISTMAS DAY.
  46. Chapter XXI
  47. JIM STOCKBRIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE ANOTHER VIEW OF MATTERS.
  48. Chapter XXII
  49. SAM BUCKLEY'S EDUCATION.
  50. Chapter XXIII
  51. TOONARBIN.
  52. Chapter XXIV
  53. IN WHICH MARY HAWKER LOSES ONE OF HER OLDEST SWEETHEARTS.
  54. Chapter XXV
  55. IN WHICH THE NEW DEAN OF B—— MAKES HIS APPEARANCE, AND ASTONISHES THE MAJOR OUT OF HIS PROPRIETY.
  56. Chapter XXVI
  57. WHITE HEATHENS
  58. Chapter XXVII
  59. THE GOLDEN VINEYARD.
  60. Chapter XXVIII
  61. A GENTLEMAN FROM THE WARS.
  62. Chapter XXIX
  63. SAM MEETS WITH A RIVAL, AND HOW HE TREATED HIM.
  64. Chapter XXX
  65. HOW THE CHILD WAS LOST, AND HOW HE GOT FOUND AGAIN—WHAT CECIL SAID TO SAM WHEN THEY FOUND HIM—AND HOW IN CASTING LOTS, A
  66. Chapter XXXI
  67. HOW TOM TROUBRIDGE KEPT WATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME.
  68. Chapter XXXII
  69. WHICH IS THE LAST CHAPTER BUT ONE IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
  70. Chapter XXXIII
  71. IN WHICH JAMES BRENTWOOD AND SAMUEL BUCKLEY, ESQUIRES, COMBINE TO DISTURB THE REST OF CAPTAIN BRENTWOOD, R.A. AND SUCCEE
  72. Chapter XXXIV
  73. HOW THEY ALL WENT HUNTING FOR SEA ANEMONES AT CAPE CHATHAM—AND HOW THE DOCTOR GOT A TERRIBLE FRIGHT—AND HOW CAPTAIN BLOC
  74. Chapter XXXV
  75. A COUNCIL OF WAR.
  76. Chapter XXXVI
  77. AN EARTHQUAKE, A COLLIERY EXPLOSION, AND AN ADVENTURE.

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