The Workingman's Paradise - An Australian Labour Novel

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Workingman's Paradise, by John MillerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour NovelAuthor: John MillerRelease Date: July 27, 2005 [EBook #16366]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WORKINGMAN'S PARADISE ***Produced by Col ChoatThe Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel by 'John Miller' (William Lane) (1861-1917)* * *IN TWO PARTS. PART I. THE WOMAN TEMPTED HIM. PART II. HE KNEW HIMSELF NAKED.First published 1892* * *PREFACEThe naming and writing of THE WORKINGMAN'S PARADISE were both done hurriedly, although delay has since arisenin its publishing. The scene is laid in Sydney because it was not thought desirable, for various reasons, to aggravate by alocal plot, the soreness existing in Queensland.While characters, incidents and speakings had necessarily to be adapted to the thread of plot upon which they arestrung, and are not put forward as actual photographs or phonographs, yet many will recognise enough in this book tounderstand how, throughout, shreds and patches of reality have been pieced together. The first part is laid during thesummer of 1888-89 and covers two days; the second at the commencement of the Queensland ...