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‘I grew up on a property in northwest New South Wales, which was once owned by Ivy Voss of Hughenden. Ivy married Frederick George White, who was Patrick White's uncle and my great-grandfather. While Patrick was at school, he sometimes stayed with Ivy and George at Mittabah in the NSW Southern Highlands. He didn't like Ivy much, as David Marr writes: "The boy thought she was a monster. Her maiden name was Voss, and he kept the name in mind, waiting for thirty years to revenge himself' (1992, 59) with, the novel Voss. ’ (Introduction)
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Inscribing Landscapes in Patrick White’s Novels
Subjects:
- Voss : A Novel 1957 single work novel
- A Fringe of Leaves 1976 single work novel
- Flaws in the Glass : A Self-Portrait 1981 single work autobiography
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