Such Is Life was written in the 1890s and published in 1903. For a time its author, Joseph Furphy, was a well-loved and respected literary figure. But in recent years his popularity has faded.

Australian author Joseph Furphy in 1889.Credit: More than a century later Such Is Life is still regarded as an Antipodean literary classic which, as historian Stuart Macintyre once said ...

On the morning of September 13, 1912, Joseph Furphy was preparing to deliver ... he was the author of the classic Australian novel Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom ...

The book's popularity has waxed and waned since it was first published in 1903, but it remains an important record of what life was like ... This weekend a group of Joseph Furphy enthusiasts ...

Joseph Furphy moved to Clermont in Western Australia after the publication of his novel Such is Life, accompanied by his wife and two sons, where he died in 1912. The novel Such is Life by Tom ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Joseph Furphy, who lived in Hay while bullock carting about the region in the 1870s, set much of his famous novel Such is Life (1903 ...