"Old Mary" by Louis Becke is a poignant story of an aged woman named Mary Eury, as she reveals her life’s trials and triumphs to a fellow traveler named Denison. The story describes Mary's survival of a childhood shipwreck and the tragedies that followed, including her marriage to Robert Eury, the heartbreaking loss of their children to a deadly disease, and the violent pirate attacks that led to the death of her husband. The narrative explores the strength and tenacity that helped her to endure loneliness and grief. It is a story about enduring love, grievous loss, and acceptance under harsh circumstances, highlighting the enduring spirit of survival.
"Old Mary" 1901
By Louis Becke
A solitary old woman recounts a life marked by tragic losses and unrelenting survival in the tumultuous South Seas.
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About the AuthorGeorge Lewis Becke was at the turn of the nineteenth century, the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region. Having lived and worked among Pacific Islands and Islanders as a trader, ship's supercargo, and villager for some two decades, learning languages and observing natural and cultural life, Becke was prompted by J F Archibald of The Bulletin to write down his experiences, eventually becoming a popular and respected author of short stories, novellas, novels, as well as historic and ethnographic works.
George Lewis Becke was at the turn of the nineteenth century, the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region. Having lived and worked among Pacific Islands and Islanders as a trader, ship's supercargo, and villager for some two decades, learning languages and observing natural and cultural life, Becke was prompted by J F Archibald of The Bulletin to write down his experiences, eventually becoming a popular and respected author of short stories, novellas, novels, as well as historic and ethnographic works.
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