While the Billy Boils
(2025)

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2025
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 26 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9798228500228 MWT18150967, 18150967
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Gregory Dwyer

While the Billy Boils (1896) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Henry Lawson, portraying life in the Australian outback during the late 19th century. The stories, written with a real touch of dry humor, focus on the struggles of bush workers, swagmen, shearers, and settlers. Lawson captures the themes of rural life, of isolation, resilience, and mateship. It highlights the everyday hardships and quiet heroism of the ordinary Australians. The collection remains a significant work in Australian literature, shaping national identity and bush storytelling traditions

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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