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'The novel is really in the form of a family chronicle, dating from the time that Emily, daughter of a successful pioneer pastoralist in Victoria, ran away with a stockman, who, unknown to her, was a bushranger, till her granddaughter, with some of the grandmother's love of independence, plays her part in Melbourne In the present struggle for survival.'
Source:
'Australian Fiction', The Courier-Mail, 16 December 1944, p.5.
Notes
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Dedication: To J.J.C.
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Epigraph:
The Gods aloft must have their sport
That jerk the strings, and frenziedly
Dead puppets dance to a tune called Life.
(Translation) - Simon Holecek.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , [Spring] vol. 5 no. 3 1946; (p. 251-254)
— Review of San Caragua 1945 single work novel ; Dead Puppets Dance 1944 single work novel ; The Cousin from Fiji 1945 single work novel
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Untitled
1946
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , [Spring] vol. 5 no. 3 1946; (p. 251-254)
— Review of San Caragua 1945 single work novel ; Dead Puppets Dance 1944 single work novel ; The Cousin from Fiji 1945 single work novel
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cFormer Czechoslovakia,cEastern Europe, Europe,
- Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
- North East Victoria, Victoria,
- 1872-1938
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