How would you characterize the drover's wife?

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Posted by obada on April 25, 2008 at 9:14 PM and tagged with characterize, drovers wife, the drover’s wife

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The narrator describes the drover's wife as a "gaunt, sun-browned bushwoman." The story is set in the Outback of Australia, hence the term "bushwoman." Life in the bush is...

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Posted by linda-allen on May 2, 2008 at 9:28 AM

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