The Drovers Wife, detailed summary of.

“The Drover’s Wife” a short story by Henry Lawson shows you the life conditions and the struggle of a housewife whose husband is a drover. Being left on her own the drovers wife develops resilience` as a result of the hardships she has faced over the years in her lonely surroundings.

The description of the land surrounding the family’s house paints it as harsh, isolating, flat, “bush all-round”, and no horizons. No ranges, stunted, rotten native apple trees, no undergrowth, and no civilization for nineteen miles and secluded by loneliness. It isn’t a very flattering description of somewhere to live but she is used to this life and its loneliness and would now feel strange if she was to move away from it. She has her Sundays when she gets all the children dressed up and they go for a long walk along the bush track, this gives her something to do because all of the other days seem the same. An overwhelming boredom such ...