
Mature
Length20h 15m
About this audiobook
This is probably the best-known work of this Australian author. It features an English aristocrat, Richard Devine, who is sentenced to life imprisonment and is sent to the notorious penal colony of Port St Arthur in Tasmania. To spare the anguish of his mother, Devine takes on a new identity and becomes Rufus Dawes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Romance
Length20 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Book I: The Sea. 1827
43Chapter VI: Mr. Meekin Administers Consolation
2Book II: Macquarie Harbour. 1833.
44Chapter VII: Rufus Dawes's Idyll
3Book III: Port Arthur. 1838
45Chapter VIII: An Escape
4Book IV: Norfolk Island. 1846.
46Chapter IX: John Rex's Letter Home
5Prologue
47Chapter X: What Became of the Mutineers of the "Osprey"
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6Chapter I: The Prison Ship
48Chapter XI: A Relic of Macquarie Harbour
7Chapter II: Sarah Purfoy
49Chapter XII: At Port Arthur
8Chapter III: The Monotony Breaks
50Chapter XIII: The Commandant's Butler
9Chapter IV: The Hospital
51Chapter XIV: Mr. North's Disposition
10Chapter V: The Barracoon
52Chapter XV: One Hundred Lashes
11Chapter VI: The Fate of the "Hydaspes"
53Chapter XVI: Kicking Against the Pricks
12Chapter VII: Typhus Fever
54Chapter XVII: Captain and Mrs. Frere
13Chapter VIII: A Dangerous Crisis
55Chapter XVIII: In the Hospital
14Chapter IX: Woman's Weapons
56Chapter XIX: The Consolations of Religion
15Chapter X: Eight Bells
57Chapter XX: "A Natural Penitentiary"
16Chapter XI: Discoveries and Confessions
58Chapter XXI: A Visit of Inspection
17Chapter XII: A Newspaper Paragraph
59Chapter XXII: Gathering in the Threads
18BOOK II.
60Chapter XXIII: Running the Gauntlet
19Chapter I: The Topography of Van Diemen's Land
61Chapter XXIV: In the Night
20Chapter II: The Solitary of "Hell's Gates"
62Chapter XXV: The Flight
21Chapter III: A Social Evening
63Chapter XXVI: The Work of the Sea
22Chapter IV: The Bolter
64Chapter XXVII: The Valley of the Shadow of Death
23Chapter V: Sylvia
65Chapter I: Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
24Chapter VI: A Leap in the Dark
66Chapter II: The Lost Heir
25Chapter VII: The Last of MacQuarie Harbour
67Chapter III: Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
26Chapter VIII: The Power of the Wilderness
68Chapter IV: Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
27Chapter IX: The Seizure of the "Osprey"
69Chapter V: Mr. Richard Devine Surprised
28Chapter X: John Rex's Revenge
70Chapter VI: In Which the Chaplain is Taken Ill
29Chapter XI: Left at "Hell's Gates"
71Chapter VII: Breaking a Man's Spirit
30Chapter XII: "Mr." Dawes
72Chapter VIII: Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
31Chapter XIII: What the Seaweed Suggested
73Chapter IX: The Longest Straw
32Chapter XIV: A Wonderful Day's Work
74Chapter X: A Meeting
33Chapter XV: The Coracle
75Chapter XI: Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
34Chapter XVI: The Writing on the Sand
76Chapter XII: The Strange Behaviour of Mr. North
35GOOD MR. DAWES.
77Chapter XIII: Mr. North Speaks
36Chapter XVII: At Sea
78Chapter XIV: Getting Ready for Sea
37BOOK III.
79Chapter XV: The Discovery
38Chapter I: A Labourer in the Vineyard
80Chapter XVI: Fifteen Hours
39Chapter II: Sarah Purfoy's Request
81Chapter XVII: The Redemption
40Chapter III: The Story of Two Birds of Prey
82Chapter XVIII: The Cyclone
41Chapter IV: "The Notorious Dawes"
83Epilogue
42Chapter V: Maurice Frere's Good Angel
84Appendix