Such is Life

Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts From the Diary of Tom Collins is a novel by Joseph Furphy. The book is a collection of diary entries from the fictional character Tom Collins, a farmer and horse trader in rural Australia in the late 19th century. The entries are written in a stream-of-consciousness style and cover a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, love, and the daily struggles of life on the land. The book is known for its use of vernacular language and its exploration of Australian identity and culture. It has been praised for its wit, humor, and insight into the human condition. Such is Life is considered a classic of Australian literature and has been widely studied and analyzed by scholars.Good. If either of the two first hypotheses be correct, my enforced furlough tacitly conveys the responsibility of extending a ray of information, however narrow and feeble, across the path of such fellow-pilgrims as have led lives more sedentary than my own--particularly as I have enough money to frank myself in a frugal way for some weeks, as well as to purchase the few requisites of authorship.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.