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Charles Beach Charles Beach i(A48479 works by) (a.k.a. Charles A. Beach; Cannibal; Cannibal Charlie)
; Died: Ceased: 1870-1879
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Charles A. Beach was an Englishman who wrote three works of fiction (one a boys' book) reflecting his experiences in the Australian region after a visit to Australia in the late 1850s or early 1860s. Bookseller Jonathan Wantrup comments that 'Charles Beach has been overlooked for a century but his claim to a place in the colonial literary canon is as strong as that of other emigrant novelists who came, saw, left, and wrote - Rowcroft, Thomes, Haydon, Clacy, for example' (Australian Colonial Literature catalogue; New Century Antiquarian Books, September 1997).

Beach wrote several other novels apart from those listed in AustLit, but they do not have Australian content.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • The British Library and Mitchell Library catalogues incorrectly list Charles A. Beach as a pseudonym of Mayne Reid.
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