Policy and Passion

Author(s)

• Rosa Campbell Praed

"Policy and Passion, a Novel of Australian Life" tells the story about a father and daughter, torn between the policy of the country in which they live and the passions both have. The father, Thomas, is a rising politician until his love for a married woman changes the game while the daughter, Honora, falls in love with an English nobleman. But this is not only a love story. This novel tells about the early days of Australia, and tells the story of a whole community. It receives scholarly attention as a work about colonialism. - Summary by Stav Nisser

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE
2. I. AT BRAYSHER'S INN
3. II. THE PREMIER
4. III. THE PREMIER'S STOREKEEPER
5. IV. THE WEAVING OF THE SPELL
6. V. MRS. VALLANCY'S HOME
7. VI. YOU MUST MARRY HONORIA LONGLEAT
8. VII. AN AUSTRALIAN EXPLORER
9. VIII. THE ENCHANTRESS OF KOORALBYN
10. IX. THE FERRIS MENAGE
11. X. HERCULES AND OMPHALE
12. XI. ANGELA
13. XII. ON THE LAGOON
14. XIII. FATHER AND DAUGHTER
15. XIV. THE COUP D'ETAT
16. XV. THE DRYAD OF THE TI-TREE
17. XVI. BARRINGTON AND HONORIA
18. XVII. YOU'LL GET THE CROOKED STICK AT LAST
19. XVIII. MUSIC IN THE VERANDA
20. XIX. A PICNIC IN THE MOUNTAINS
21. XX. IN THE SCRUB
22. XXI. THE LIPS THAT WERE NEAREST
23. XXII. THE WORSHIP OF SHAKESPEARE
24. XXIII. MISS LONGLEAT AT THE BUNYAS
25. XXIV. FASCINATION
26. XXV. YOU SHALL BE MY FAITH
27. XXVI. BARRINGTON A REJECTED SUITOR
28. XXVII. THE TRYST BY THE BAMBOOS
29. XXVIII. TOM DUNGIE GOSSIPS
30. XXIX. THE DIAMONDS
31. XXX. AT THE CENTRE OF PEACE
32. XXXI. MR. VALLANCY'S RETURN
33. XXXII. IF I HAVE BEEN BAD TO YOU, IT IS NOW
34. XXXIII. AN INTERVIEW WITH SAMMY DEANS
35. XXXIV. NEWS BY THE MAIL
36. XXXV. IN PERIL
37. XXXVI. SAVED
38. XXXVII. SINISTER OMENS
39. XXXVIII. THE DINNER TO GENERAL COMPTON
40. XXXIX. BEFORE THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
41. XL. THE ORDEAL
42. XLI. THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PREMIER
43. XLII. LAST WORDS
44. XLIII. THE KNOTTING OF THE THREADS