Fortunes of Richard Mahony: Australia Felix v. 1 (Modern Classics) - 0140033386

Fortunes of Richard Mahony: Australia Felix v. 1

Author:

Henry Handel Richardson

Publisher:

Penguin

Date Published:

1981 Reprint

ISBN No:

0140033386

Condition description:

Paperback in good condition, some light reading wear otherwise clean and bright. Please allow 3-5 days for delivery within the UK, please contact me for international delivery prices and times. No quibble refund if not entirely satisfied.

Synopsis:

Originally published as a trilogy between 1917 and 1929. Henry Handel Richardson was the pseudonym used by Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (3 January 1870 - 20 March 1946). The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is Richardson's most important work, and Richard Mahony , a complex portrayal of Richardson's father, is the first substantial character in Australian fiction.Richardson's brilliant analysis of human inadequacy, the gulf between the ideal and achievement, and of the complexities of circumstance, environment and human frailty make her one of Australia's most distinguished novelists.InAustralian Felix, the first volume in the trilogy, Mahony's history is closely interwoven with the history of the Ballarat gold rush