Under Capricorn (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Colonial Gothic Romance of Exile, Convict Secrets, and Moral Ambiguity in Early New South WalesBy Helen Simpson
Length8h 33m
About this audiobook
Set in early nineteenth-century New South Wales, Under Capricorn is a richly atmospheric historical novel of colonial society, exile, and moral ambiguity. Helen Simpson blends Gothic tension, psychological romance, and sharp social observation to explore a world shaped by transportation, class prejudice, and the uneasy making of an Australian order. Its drama of a disgraced gentlewoman, a self-made former convict, and the ghosts of the past places the book within the interwar revival of historical fiction while giving it a distinctly colonial and anti-sentimental edge. Helen Simpson, born in Australia and later established in Britain, was unusually well placed to write such a work. Her career repeatedly returned to questions of inheritance, migration, and the instability of identity across imperial spaces. Educated, cosmopolitan, and historically alert, she brought to Australian material both intimacy and distance, using the past not as picturesque backdrop but as a field of social and emotional conflict. Readers interested in literary historical fiction, Australian colonial history, or psychologically complex romance will find Under Capricorn rewarding. It is a novel of atmosphere and intelligence, best approached as a study of how private guilt and public hierarchy shape lives on the margins of empire.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Horror
Length8 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Under Capricorn (Annotated)
25(vi)
2BOOK I.
26(vii)
3(i)
27BOOK III.
4(ii)
28(i)
5(iii)
29(ii)
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6(iv)
30(iii)
7(v)
31(iv)
8(vi)
32(v)
9(vii)
33(vi)
10(viii)
34(vii)
11(ix)
35(viii)
12(x)
36(ix)
13(xi)
37(x)
14(xii)
38(xi)
15(xiii)
39(xii)
16(xiv)
40(xiii)
17(xv)
41(xiv)
18(xvi)
42(xv)
19BOOK II.
43(xvi)
20(i)
44(xvii)
21(ii)
45(xviii)
22(iii)
46(xix)
23(iv)
47THE END
24(v)
48Memorable Quotes
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