Barbara Baynton eBooks

Bush Studies. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Barbara Baynton   -  Enrico Conti, 2019  - 

"Bush Studies" is a novel written and published by the Australian writer Barbara Baynton in 1902. This work describes and represents, through a meticulous and ferocious social criticism, the point of view and the suffering of women in the society of the time. The author describes above all the life of women in the woods, which remain isolated when husbands, for example, go elsewhere in search of work. Women therefore remain exposed to all kinds of dangers and are victims of poor poverty.

Human Toll. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Barbara Baynton   -  Enrico Conti, 2019  - 

"Human Toll" (1907) is a novel written and published by Australian writer Barbara Baynton. The author is known for having set many of her works in natural environments, especially forests and woods; in fact "Human Toll" tells the story of Ursula Ewart, a child orphaned who is sent away from her native environment, the Australian savannah. Ursula is forced to move to a nearby town where she is barely tolerated. His only friend becomes a child named Andrew. There are ,certainly, elements of social criticism in this work: there is a detailed description of the living conditions of women in Australia at the beginning of the 20th century.