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"Remailed" is a collection of short stories by Australian author Henry Lawson, published in 1910. The book showcases Lawson's keen observations of rural life, the struggles of everyday people, and the complexities of the Australian identity during the early 20th century. Through his vivid storytelling and rich characterizations, Lawson explores themes of hardship, resilience, and the bittersweet nature of life in the bush. The narratives often reflect the dialect and landscapes of Australia, making it a significant contribution to Australian literature.

• Short story

								

grin; then grows serious, and sits and scrapes his gum by the flickering
firelight in a mechanical manner, and--thinks. His thoughts are far away
in the back years--faint and far, far and faint. For the old, lingering,
banished pain returns and hurts a man's heart like the false wife
who comes back again, falls on her knees before him, and holds up
her trembling arms and pleads with swimming, upturned eyes, which are
eloquent with the love she felt too late.

It is supposed to be something to have your work published in an English
magazine, to have it published in book form, to be flattered by critics
and reprinted throughout the country press, or even to be cut up well
and severely. But, after all, now we come to think of it, we would
almost as soon see a piece of ours marked with big inky crosses in the
soiled and crumpled rag that Bill or Jim gets sent him by an old mate
of his--the paper that goes thousands of miles scrawled all over with
smudgy addresses and tied with a piece of string.
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