by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Gothic and Supernatural · Terror and Horror · The Unseen
Abstract
An early Doyle collection of colonial and outback adventure tales, mixing bushranger crime stories (the title story, told by a prison doctor to a confessing convict-turned-informer), frontier mining-camp yarns, and tales of mystery and the uncanny, mostly set in Australia and other far-flung colonial settings.
Connections
Forms & Genres: Short Story, Adventure Fiction Themes & Concepts: Crime and Punishment, Empire and Imperialism, Revenge, Deception, Justice Right and Wrong, Terror and Horror Motifs: Journey, Ship, Money and Gold, Secrets, Sea and Voyage Settings: Australia, American Frontier Archetypes: Villain, Outsider, Trickster Topoi: Journey of Life