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2004
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Australasian Victorian Studies Journal
est. 1996
Australasian Victorian Studies Journal
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Sensations Down Under : Australia's Seismic Charge in Great Expectations and Lady Audley's Secret
Sensations Down Under : The Seismic Charge of Australia in Great Expectations and Lady Audley's Secret,
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(p. 1-9)Analyses the representation of Australia and the contradictory images of the colonies in two British novels. - Charles Dicken's Great Expectations and Mary Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret. Argues that 'the mystery and danger of the colony were advanced to fulfill the expectations of the sensation market, while the opportunistic image of Australia was advanced to justify and promote Great Britains's imperialism to its citizens' (1).
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