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Bob Calverly, Australian nephew of Squire Valentine Yoricks, is visiting England when he falls in love with Kate French, niece of Saville whom she loves. As the story opens Cyril secretly marries his landlady's daughter, Carry Manton - just as his brother's death in a steeplechase makes him heir to his father's estate. The machinations of Rupert Dacre enmesh both Cyril and Bob on the paths of ruin - one through denying his marriage and the other through gambling debts and money-lenders ... Enlivened by the portraits of poet/grocer Binns and literary man/reporter Bland, heroes of the humble working man's sphere and mediocrity ... (PB)
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Dedication: To G. A. W. in grateful remembrance of the months of July and August, 1868.
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G. A. Walstab's name does not appear on the title page. For details of his contribution to the writing of the novel see Ian F. McLaren Marcus Clarke: An Annotated Bibliography, p.4. Note also: A Problem and a Solution: Marcus Clarke and the writing of 'Long Odds' (1946) by Samuel R Simmons.
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A Friend of My People at Home : Marcus Clarke and Captain Frederick Standish
2012
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biography
— Appears in: Quadrant , July - August vol. 56 no. 7/8 2012; (p. 68-76) -
Marcus Clarke, Gothic, Romance
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Medievalism and the Gothic in Australian Culture 2006; (p. 3-17) David Matthews examines the production of the Gothic in the fiction of Marcus Clarke. -
Bohemia and the Dream-Life of the Colonial City
2002
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criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 1 no. 2002; (p. 4-18) -
Mark Forester's [sic] Trial
1996
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 40 1996; (p. 9-13) -
Marcus Clarke : Some Notes and Queries
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Margin , no. 10 1983; (p. 11-22)
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Long Odds
1869
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review
— Appears in: The Leader , 26 June 1869; (p. 24)
— Review of Long Odds : A Novel 1868-1869 single work novel -
Notices of New Books
1870
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review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 5 February vol. 1 no. 5 1870; (p. 18)
— Review of Long Odds : A Novel 1868-1869 single work novel -
Bohemia and the Dream-Life of the Colonial City
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 1 no. 2002; (p. 4-18) -
Marcus Clarke, Gothic, Romance
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Medievalism and the Gothic in Australian Culture 2006; (p. 3-17) David Matthews examines the production of the Gothic in the fiction of Marcus Clarke. -
Scribblers and Screed
1896
single work
column
— Appears in: The Free-Lance , 25 June vol. 1 no. 10 1896; (p. 14) A column canvassing current literary news including a report that Hutchinson is to publish Marcus Clarke's Long Odds under the title Heavy Odds and also providing some information on the early years of Louis Becke's literary career. -
A Friend of My People at Home : Marcus Clarke and Captain Frederick Standish
2012
single work
biography
— Appears in: Quadrant , July - August vol. 56 no. 7/8 2012; (p. 68-76) -
Marcus Clarke : Some Notes and Queries
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Margin , no. 10 1983; (p. 11-22)
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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