Dan Fitzgerald Explains
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By Andrew Barton Paterson · First published 1907 · Genre: Biography · 2,175 words
First lines
The circus was having its afternoon siesta. Overhead the towering canvas tent spread like a giant mushroom on a network of stalks -- slanting beams, interlaced with guys and wire ropes.
The ring looked small and lonely; its circle of empty benches seemed to stare intently at it, as though some sort of unseen performance were going on for the benefit of a ghostly audience. Now and again a guy rope creaked, or a loose end of canvas flapped like faint, unreal applause, as the silence shut down again, it did not need much imagination to people the ring with dead and gone circus riders performing for the benefit of shadowy spectators packed on those benches.
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Dan Fitzgerald Explains is listed on Textopian as a short story by Andrew Barton Paterson, dated 1907 CE.
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- Work type: Short story
- Author: Andrew Barton Paterson
- Date: 1907 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Biography
- Length: 2,175 words
- Structure: 1 section, 35 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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Genres
- Biography — The book title suggests that it involves a person named Dan Fitzgerald, suggesting a biographical element.
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fiction · Australian literature · humor · satire · adventure · narrative · character study · social commentary · poetry · short stories · rural life · identity