Louis Becke - Pacific Explorer & Writer with Allegra Marshall

Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries

Portrait of George Lewis Becke [cropped], ca. 1900, by unknown, vintage gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, DL PX 158. Public Domain. Join expert Allegra Marshall as she helps us learn about the life and work of author Louis Becke. At the turn of the nineteenth century, he was the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region and was often described as Australia's answer to Robert Louis Stevenson. If after listening to this talk, you wish to read one of his works then simply click https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=Louis%20Becke&searchType=everything&pageSize=10&pageNum=1 to view the collection held by Auckland Libraries.