Eve Langley

Eve Langley (née Jane Langley; 1 September 1904 – c. 1 June 1974) was an Australian-New Zealand novelist and poet. Quotes The Pea-Pickers (1942) Screaming like wounded brumbies, our heroes trampled each other down right and left, tore from each other’s sides and fled in all directions, shrieking with fear and horror. Pt. 1, § 3 Kelly came down from Black Mountain every Sunday after that, and we went double dinking on his white mare. Pt. 1, § 3 Two things haunted Jim, making him seek friendly fires and roll cigarettes that a wombat could have crawled into (“boree logs”, we called them). The two things were Jim’s Uncle Gus, and his days “When I was a kid”. His voice crawled low, long and humble like a worm when he spoke of them, and he raised the boree log between his thumb and first finger, the big signet ring nearly weighing his hand down to his ankles. Pt. 1, § 4 Through the lonely grey delicate feathers of the wattle, mobs of crimson-crested cockatoos flung their black bodies, like flying aborigines, and as they went they cried harshly and savagely like wire being strained over posts and leather being thrashed against trees. Pt. 2, § 2 There were puftaloonies for tea, cooked in a big camp oven over a roaring fire made from the finest railway sleepers. Pt. 3, § 7 External links Category:1904 births Category:1974 deaths Category:Poets from Australia Category:Novelists from Australia Category:Women authors from Australia