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The Poison of Polygamy .
Published by Sydney University Press, 2019., 2019
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition
8vo. viii+446pp.B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a very good copy. . First edition thus. Bi-lingual text. ' Serialised in 1909-1910, the Poison of Polygamy is .the first novel of the Chinese-Australian experience, it follows the fortunes of a young man who leaves his wife behind in southern China to seek his fortunes in the Victorian goldfields. In a rollercoaster tale of blackmail, murder and betrayal, he encounters all manner of perils, from storms at sea to collapsing gold mines and even a thylacine attack in the Victorian bush.As Australia's and possibly the West's earliest Chinese-language novel.'.
