Voss by Patrick White

Voss

by Patrick White

(The Heritage of Literature Series Section B No. 79)

Longmans, Green & Co., 1965, hardcover with illustrated boards on front

Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ex-library with stamps and tape residue to front and back end-papers

"Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a naive young woman. Although they have met only on a few occasions, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for each other. Voss sets out to cross the continent, and as hardships, mutiny and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Laura, waiting in Sydney, moves through the months of separation as if they were a dream and Voss the only reality. "