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Henry Handel Richardson
This is the first full-length British study on the work of the novelist Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946) who is attracting new and deserved attention. Born in Australia as Ethel Florence Richardson, and educated in Melbourne, she spent many years studying music and literature in Germany. From 1904 she lived in England where she published six novels and some short stories. The Getting of Wisdom (1910) was adapted as a much-praised Australian film in 1977. Her masterpiece, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1929) made her briefly famous. in Britain and the United States in the nineteen-thirties and is now being turned into an Australian television film epic. Karen McLeod's study contains a brief biography, a fuller description of the novelist's unusual cultural background, and a detailed critical account of all her novels and stories. Her links with European literature and her claim to be considered a major English novelist are also discussed. The book contains a number of previously unpublished photographs of Henry Handel Richardson.
Henry Handel Richardson
Second of a 3-volume edited collection of letters of Ethel Richardson, who wrote under the pen name of Henry Handel Richardson and whose publications included 'The Getting of Wisdom' and 'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony'. This volume covers the period from the middle of WWI to 1933. Her correspondents included Mary Kernot, an old school friend, and writers Miles Franklin and Nettie Palmer. Provides information about Richardson's life and writings and her relationships with various contemporary figures. Includes chronology, explanatory notes, indexes and ribbon marker. The editors teach in the English department of Monash University.
Henry Handel Richardson Vol 3
Final of a 3-volume edited collection of letters of Ethel Richardson, who wrote under the pen name of Henry Handel Richardson and whose publications included 'The Getting of Wisdom' and 'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony'. This volume covers the period from 1934 until the author's death in 1946. Her principal correspondent in this volume is Mary Kernot, an old school friend. Provides information about Richardson's life and writings and her relationships with various contemporary figures. Includes chronology, explanatory notes, indexes, corrigenda for volumes 1 and 2, and ribbon marker. The editors teach in the English department of Monash University.
Henry Handel Richardson: 1874-1915
First of a 3-volume edited collection of letters of Ethel Richardson, who wrote under the pen name of Henry Handel Richardson and whose publications included 'The Getting of Wisdom' and 'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony'. This volume covers the period from 1874 to the middle of WWI. Her correspondents included Paul Solanges, Mary Kernot, an old school friend, and writer H G Wells. Provides information about Richardson's life and writings and her relationships with various contemporary figures. Includes chronology, explanatory notes, indexes and ribbon marker. The editors teach in the English department of Monash University.
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Henry Handel Richardson
This book tells the stories of Henry Handel Richardson's youth and her parents' marriage, which provided the historical basis for her three major novels, "Maurice Guest", "The Getting of Wisdom" and "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony."______________
