Stella Miles Franklin [electronic resource] : A Biography
Jill Roe2010
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The award-winning biography of one of Australia's best-loved writers ... The
author of MY BRILLAINT CAREER had a fascinating career of her own ... Winner of
the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature for Non-Fiction 2010 'a long-awaited
and splendidly breezy blockbuster biography of the indefatigable, self-inventing
and campaigning author of My Brilliant Career' Richard Holmes, AUStRALIAN BOOK
REVIEW 'to meet Miles Franklin was as invigorating as to ride on a spring
morning across the Monaro plains she so dearly loved' Henrietta Drake-Brockman
Stella Miles Franklin was born in the Australian bush. At the age of twenty-one,
she became an international publishing sensation with MY BRILLIANt CAREER, which
more than a century later is still regarded as an Australian classic. Miles'
early success gave her entrée to literary and socialist circles in Sydney and
Melbourne. there she met Banjo Paterson, the Goldstein sisters and Joseph
Furphy, among others. In 1906 she went to work ...
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Author:
Jill Roe, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : 4th Estate, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (720 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780730450276
Language:
English
BRN:
434734
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |