Publisher's Synopsis
""An Outback Marriage"" is a novel by Andrew Barton Paterson, set in the Australian outback. The story follows the lives of two young people, David and Jean, who fall in love and decide to get married. Despite their families' objections, they are determined to make their relationship work.The novel explores the challenges and hardships of life in the outback, including droughts, bushfires, and isolation. David and Jean must also navigate the cultural differences between their families, as well as the expectations of their community.As they settle into married life, David and Jean face a series of trials that test their love and commitment to each other. They must learn to rely on each other in order to survive the harsh and unforgiving landscape.""An Outback Marriage"" is a poignant story of love, resilience, and the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity. Paterson's vivid descriptions of the Australian outback bring the landscape to life, and his characters are richly drawn and relatable. This novel is a must-read for anyone interested in Australian literature or the challenges of life in the outback.They drove through a rickety wire-and-sapling gate and across about a mile of bush, and suddenly came on a little slab house nestling under the side of a hill. At the back were the stockyards and the killing-pen, where a contrivance for raising dead cattle -- called a gallows -- waved its arms to the sky. In front of the house there was rather a nice little garden.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.