A Game of Chance is a 1920 sporting novel by Arthur Wright,[1] about sensational events in the world of Australian horse racing.
 Title page for A Game of Chance (1922) | |
| Author | Arthur Wright |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Bookstall series |
| Genre | Sporting |
| Publisher | NSW Bookstall Company |
Publication date | 1920 |
| Publication place | Australia |
Reception
editAccording to the reviewer in the Western Mail:
Hero and heroine and villain of the piece are well enough drawn; and there is incident enough in the book to satisfy the veriest glutton for sensation; while towards the close of an exciting story the murder trial... finishes in a most unexpected manner. Mr. Arthur Wright has been compared with the late Nat Gould; and as a rule, his books contain even greater dramatic, or melodramatic, possibilities, or impossibilities, than the numerous works of that most prolific writer.[2]
References
edit- ^ "REVIEW". Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950). Wollongong, NSW: National Library of Australia. 23 May 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "A SPORTING NOVEL". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 20 November 1919. p. 38. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
External links
edit- Copy of complete novel at Internet Archive
- A Game of Chance at AustLit
- A Game of Chance at National Archives of Australia
- Serialisation of story in The World's News in 1919 - 22 March, 29 March, 5 April, 12 April, 19 April, 26 April, 3 May, 10 May, 17 May, 24 May, 31 May, 7 June, 14 June, 21 June, 28 June, 5 July