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Who can control his fate? asks the ruined Othello. No one, indeed. But everyone controls his option, chooses his alternative.

Joseph Furphy

'English fair play' is a fine expression. It justifies the bashing of the puny draper's assistant by the big hairy blacksmith, and this to the perfect satisfaction of both parties, if they are worthy the name of Englishman.

Joseph Furphy

Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down to mere nonentity. But let me not hear any small witticism to the further effect that its story is a tale told by a vulgarian, full of slang and blanky, signifying-nothing.

Joseph Furphy

Age cannot limit him, nor use exhaust his infinite mendacity.

Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy

Born: September 26, 1843

Died: September 13, 1912 (aged 68)

Bio: Joseph Furphy is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel". He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life, regarded as an Australian classic.

Known for:

Such Is Life (1903)
Rigby's Romance (1905)
The Buln-Buln and the Brolga
The Claret Murders: A Mark Rollins Adventure (1912)
The Language of Excellence

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