Volume 10 No. 4 — 1 October 1982

The English Publication of His Natural Life

P. D. Edwards

Abstract

Discusses new archival evidence regarding the first Bentley edition of For the Term of His Natural Life.

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Published 1 October 1982 in Volume 10 No. 4. Subjects: Australian literature - Overseas publishing, Editing, New editions & reprints, Marcus Clarke.

Cite as: Edwards, P. D.. ‘The English Publication of His Natural Life.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 10, no. 4, 1982, doi: 10.20314/als.1fdac4bf1b.

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