Literary Works By Louis Stone

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AdhiraamBose
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*About The Author:
Louis Stone(21st October,1871 to 23rd September,1935) was an Australian novelist and playwright.
Stone was born in Leicester,England, baptized as William Lewis,son of William Stone,a basketmaker,and his wife Emma,née Tewkes.In 1884,the family migrated to Brisbane,and then a year later,to Redfern in Sydney.
He grew up in poverty.His father was a marine who was largely absent.
Stone qualified as a primary school teacher in 1895 and had temporary teaching positions until he obtained a regular teaching job at Cootamundra.In 1901 Stone was transferred to South Wagga Wagga where he met Thomas Blamey who was influenced by Stone.

*Link To The Author's Wikipedia Page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stone

*Literary Works By The Author Are:-

•Jonah:

Link To The Text-
https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/e00087.txt

OR

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3678

Plot Outline-
Jonah,a hunchback larrikin,lives in a Sydney slum where he is the leader of the local "Push",a street gang.But his life changes when he becomes father to a son,and he strives to break away from his previous life.

Link To The Text's Wikipedia Page-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_(novel)

•Betty Wayside:

Link To The Text-
https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0607551.txt

OR

https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0607551h.html

•The Lap Of The Gods:

Link To The Text-
Unable To Find

There have been other plays written by the author but they are probably lost(I am not sure).

I was unable to provide the PD Link to one of the Author's Work.If you have the PD Copy or Link of that work,please provide it here.
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