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Bungen Beach by Norman Lindsay, Being the Typescript Manuscript of an Unpublished Novel, [between 1940? and 1969]
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Trove Note and Summary: 'Typescript manuscript of 312 numbered pages with manuscript corrections, bound together with one cardboard back cover and a string binding. Includes a handwritten explanatory note from N.L. [Norman Lindsay] to Jane [Lindsay] written on the front cover, revealing Lindsay’s own low opinion of his creation: "I don't care much for this novel. The comedy stuff is pretty thin and the dovetailing of two groups of people not well done." It also reveals how ...
'Inherited by Jane Glad (nee Lindsay), daughter of Norman Lindsay. Upon her death, it passed into the possession of Jane Glad's daughter Helen. Jane’s will stipulated that her estate was not to be sold until after the death of long-time carer and companion Eleanor Witcombe AM (20 September 1923 – 21 October 2018). '
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New Norman Lindsay Novels : Stitched Together Stories of Friendship and Family Seen for the First Time
2019
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 28 October 2019;'Norman Lindsay’s novel for children, The Magic Pudding, turned 100 last year and was widely celebrated. But the Lindsay family’s auction of three previously unseen manuscripts could help us gain a greater understanding of his novels for adults.' (Introduction)
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New Norman Lindsay Novels : Stitched Together Stories of Friendship and Family Seen for the First Time
2019
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 28 October 2019;'Norman Lindsay’s novel for children, The Magic Pudding, turned 100 last year and was widely celebrated. But the Lindsay family’s auction of three previously unseen manuscripts could help us gain a greater understanding of his novels for adults.' (Introduction)
