by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Adventure Fiction · Empire and Imperialism · Peril and Survival
Abstract
Doyle’s early colonial adventure tales, led by the title story in which vigilante troopers and miners hunt down murderous bushrangers on the Australian goldfields, alongside stories of a reforming Bible-quoting camp preacher, a murderer’s confession, and other frontier and mystery pieces.
Capitoli / Chapters
- THE GULLY OF BLUEMANSDYKE.
- THE PARSON OF JACKMAN’S GULCH.
- MY FRIEND THE MURDERER.
- THE SILVER HATCHET.
- THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL.
- THAT LITTLE SQUARE BOX.
- A NIGHT AMONG THE NIHILISTS.
Readability (prose)29.8 Flesch ease15 FK grade16.7 Fog18% complex23.6 words/sent
Connections
Forms & Genres: Short Story, Adventure Fiction Themes & Concepts: Justice Right and Wrong, Crime and Punishment, Greed and Money, Revenge, Courage, Economics Motifs: Journey, Money and Gold, Blood Settings: American Frontier, Mountains Archetypes: Villain, Hero, Trickster