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Henry Handel Richardson : a life / Michael Ackland.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: xx, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521840554
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.912 22
Online resources: Review: "Henry Handel Richardson is 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 book is the first complete biography of this enigmatic Australian literary icon. Drawing on previously unavailable records, the book sheds new light on Richardson's unconventional life. Beginning with her traumatic childhood, then tracing in detail the largely unknown story of the eleven formative years Richardson spent on the Continent, the book goes on to explore the personal and social forces that moved her during her long years as a London intellectual, concluding with her last ordeal as a frail spectator in the front-line of the Battle of Britain."--BOOK JACKET.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 823.912 ACK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 64108

Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-319) and index.

"Henry Handel Richardson is 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 book is the first complete biography of this enigmatic Australian literary icon. Drawing on previously unavailable records, the book sheds new light on Richardson's unconventional life. Beginning with her traumatic childhood, then tracing in detail the largely unknown story of the eleven formative years Richardson spent on the Continent, the book goes on to explore the personal and social forces that moved her during her long years as a London intellectual, concluding with her last ordeal as a frail spectator in the front-line of the Battle of Britain."--BOOK JACKET.

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