Marcus Clarke
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (born April 24, 1846 in London , † August 2, 1881 in Melbourne ) was an Australian writer .
life and work
He came to Melbourne as the son of a London lawyer at the age of 18. In 1867 he worked for the daily newspaper The Argus , where he gathered factual material about Australian convict camps. 1870–1872 the novel "Lebenslänge" (original title: "For the Term of his Natural Life" ) appeared in sequels in the "Australian Journal". Clarke superficially describes the brutal convict system in Tasmania , behind the scenes the sensational potential of the dark material. The later drastic cut (original attempt: to "compensate" the hero for 20 years of unspeakable suffering by returning to bourgeois life) and change with a new tragic ending resulted in a cohesive and substantial work. The novel attracted worldwide attention and is one of the strongest works in Australian literature of the 19th century.
Excerpt from the author's preface: “… Charles Reade (1814–1884) describes the conditions in an English penitentiary, and Victor Hugo shows how a French prisoner fared after serving his sentence. […] Some of the events told here are undoubtedly tragic and terrible. However, I considered it essential to report them; for it is a matter of things that actually happened and that will infallibly happen again and again if the grievances of which they are the result are not eliminated. […] “Melbourne, Australia MC
Works (selection)
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For the term of his natural life , 1874
- German: lifelong .
- Book The Sea. 1827
- Book Macquarie Harbor. 1833
- Book Port Arthur. 1838
- Book Norfolk Island. 1846
- The Peripatetic Philosopher , 1869
- Long Odds , 1870
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star , 1873
- The Mystery of Major Molineux , 1881 (German: The loneliness of Major Molineux; Balladine Publishing, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-945035-70-2 )
- Human repetends
- The Haunted Author
- Four Stories High
- Old Tales of a Young Country
- Australian Tales
- Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon
Web links
- Literature by and about Marcus Clarke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Marcus Clarke in the German Digital Library
- Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop (1846-1881) in the Australian Dictionary of Biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clarke, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1881 |
| Place of death | Melbourne |