Henry Handel Richardson has been celebrated for her classic Australian novels: The Getting of Wisdom and The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. However, her own life story remains to be told. This book, accordingly, provides the first complete biography of the enigmatic Australian literary icon, shedding new light on her eventful life.
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"An essential study for those interested in Richardson, best known for her Australian novels The Getting of Wisdom and The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, this comprehensive, detailed portrait of an elusively private woman is also a fascinating read about a life that bridged the end of the century into the advent of the Great War." - English Literature in Transition, Nadine Cooper, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Henr y Handel Richardson has been celebrated for her classic Australian novels The Getting of Wisdom and The Fortunes of Richard Mahony yet her own life-story is still to be fully told. This enthralling book provides the first complete biography of the enigmatic Australian literary icon and sheds new light on the conjecture surrounding her life.
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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ONCE, DURING AN ILLNESS, Lillian Richardson remarked: 'blood tells'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Maurice Guest, Myself When Young, The Getting of Wisdom, Regent's Park Road, Henry Handel Richardson, Niels Lyhne, Lyme Regis, Melbourne University, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Irene Stumpp, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Walter Richardson, Ultima Thule, First World War, John Bailey, Mary Kernot, Primrose Hill, Australia Felix, Black Forest, Eleonora Duse, Kaiser Wilhelm University, Princess Ida, The Young Cosima, Botanic Garden, Constance Cochran New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
ONCE, DURING AN ILLNESS, Lillian Richardson remarked: 'blood tells'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ensuing quotations, future novelist Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Maurice Guest, Myself When Young, The Getting of Wisdom, Regent's Park Road, Henry Handel Richardson, Niels Lyhne, Lyme Regis, Melbourne University, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Irene Stumpp, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Walter Richardson, Ultima Thule, First World War, John Bailey, Mary Kernot, Primrose Hill, Australia Felix, Black Forest, Eleonora Duse, Kaiser Wilhelm University, Princess Ida, The Young Cosima, Botanic Garden, Constance Cochran New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Maurice Guest (Virago Modern Classic) by Henry Handel Richardson on 41 pages
- The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson on 25 pages
- The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (Penguin Classics S.) by Michael Ackland on 17 pages
- Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson on 7 pages
- Niels Lyhne (Penguin Classics) by Jens Peter Jacobsen on 7 pages
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- Victorian Literary Mesmerism (Costerus NS 160) by Martin Willis on page 117, page 118, and Back Matter
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