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For the Term of His Natural Life

by Marcus Clarke

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  1. 1Dedication to Sir Charles Gavan Duffy
  2. 2Prologue
  3. 3Book I — The Sea. 1827
  4. 4Chapter II — Sarah Purfoy
  5. 5Chapter III — The Monotony Breaks
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Hospital
  7. 7Chapter V — The Barracoon
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Fate of the “Hydaspes”
  9. 9Chapter VII — Typhus Fever
  10. 10Chapter VIII — A Dangerous Crisis
  11. 11Chapter IX — Woman’s Weapons
  12. 12Chapter X — Eight Bells
  13. 13Chapter XI — Discoveries and Confessions
  14. 14Chapter XII — A Newspaper Paragraph
  15. 15Book II — Macquarie Harbour. 1833
  16. 16Chapter II — The Solitary of “Hell’s Gates”
  17. 17Chapter III — A Social Evening
  18. 18Chapter IV — The Bolter
  19. 19Chapter V — Sylvia
  20. 20Chapter VI — A Leap in the Dark
  21. 21Chapter VII — The Last of Macquarie Harbour
  22. 22Chapter VIII — The Power of the Wilderness
  23. 23Chapter IX — The Seizure of the “Osprey”
  24. 24Chapter X — John Rex’s Revenge
  25. 25Chapter XI — Left at “Hell’s Gates”
  26. 26Chapter XII — “Mr.” Dawes
  27. 27Chapter XIII — What the Seaweed Suggested
  28. 28Chapter XIV — A Wonderful Day’s Work
  29. 29Chapter XV — The Coracle
  30. 30Chapter XVI — The Writing on the Sand
  31. 31Chapter XVII — At Sea
  32. 32Book III — Port Arthur. 1838
  33. 33Chapter II — Sarah Purfoy’s Request
  34. 34Chapter III — The Story of Two Birds of Prey
  35. 35Chapter IV — “The Notorious Dawes”
  36. 36Chapter V — Maurice Frere’s Good Angel
  37. 37Chapter VI — Mr. Meekin Administers Consolation
  38. 38Chapter VII — Rufus Dawes’s Idyll
  39. 39Chapter VIII — An Escape
  40. 40Chapter IX — John Rex’s Letter Home
  41. 41Chapter X — What Became of the Mutineers of the “Osprey”
  42. 42Chapter XI — A Relic of Macquarie Harbour
  43. 43Chapter XII — At Port Arthur
  44. 44Chapter XIII — The Commandant’s Butler
  45. 45Chapter XIV — Mr. North’s Disposition
  46. 46Chapter XV — One Hundred Lashes
  47. 47Chapter XVI — Kicking Against the Pricks
  48. 48Chapter XVII — Captain and Mrs. Frere
  49. 49Chapter XVIII — In the Hospital
  50. 50Chapter XIX — The Consolations of Religion
  51. 51Chapter XX — “A Natural Penitentiary”
  52. 52Chapter XXI — A Visit of Inspection
  53. 53Chapter XXII — Gathering in the Threads
  54. 54Chapter XXIII — Running the Gauntlet
  55. 55Chapter XXIV — In the Night
  56. 56Chapter XXV — The Flight
  57. 57Chapter XXVI — The Work of the Sea
  58. 58Chapter XXVII — The Valley of the Shadow of Death
  59. 59Book IV — Norfolk Island. 1846
  60. 60Chapter II — The Lost Heir
  61. 61Chapter III — Extracted From the Diary of the Rev. James North
  62. 62Chapter IV — Extracted From the Diary of the Rev. James North
  63. 63Chapter V — Mr. Richard Devine Surprised
  64. 64Chapter VI — In Which the Chaplain Is Taken Ill
  65. 65Chapter VII — Breaking a Man’s Spirit
  66. 66Chapter VIII — Extracted From the Diary of the Rev. James North
  67. 67Chapter IX — The Longest Straw
  68. 68Chapter X — A Meeting
  69. 69Chapter XI — Extracted From the Diary of the Rev. James North
  70. 70Chapter XII — The Strange Behaviour of Mr. North
  71. 71Chapter XIII — Mr. North Speaks
  72. 72Chapter XIV — Getting Ready for Sea
  73. 73Chapter XV — The Discovery
  74. 74Chapter XVI — Fifteen Hours
  75. 75Chapter XVII — The Redemption
  76. 76Chapter XVIII — The Cyclone
  77. 77Epilogue
  78. 78Appendix

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