- Literature, Fiction, Young women in fiction, Young women
The fierce, irreverent novel of aspiration and rebellion that is both a cornerstone of Australian literature and a feminist classic
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Prestige, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Miles Franklin
- First published
- February 2002
- Pages
- 257
- Publisher
- IndyPublish.com, Virago, G.K. Hall
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781863407052
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“Just a few lines to tell you that this story is all about myself-for no other purpose do I write it.”
Miles Franklin (born "Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin") was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her autobiographical novel, *My Brilliant Career*, published in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, *All That Swagger*, was not published until 1936. She was committed to the development of a uniquely Australian form of literature, and she actively pursued this goal by supporting writers, literary journals, and writers' organisations. She has had a long-lasting impact on Australian literary life through her endowment of a major literary award known as the Miles Franklin Award. - [*Wikipedia*][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_
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