Miles Franklin by Jill Roe - ISBN: 9781460755792
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Iconic author, feminist, humanitarian: Discover the brilliant life of Miles Franklin.

Miles Franklin

A Short Biography

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    23 April 2018

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Summary

A classic, accessible award-winning biography of Australia’s most iconic author, leading feminist and humanitarian.

‘To meet Miles Franklin was as invigorating as to ride on a spring morning across the Monaro plains she so dearly loved,’ wrote Henrietta Drake-Brockman.

Author, union organiser, WWI volunteer, women’s rights agitator, nationalist, Miles Franklin worked, wrote and talked for many causes, none more passionately than Australian literature. Propelled to fame aged on…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781460755792
ISBN-10:1460755790
Author:Jill Roe
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Imprint:HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:23 April 2018
Weight:688g
Dimensions:235mm x 155mm x 30mm
About The Author

Jill Roe

Jill Roe, AO (1940-2017), was Professor Emerita in the Department of Modern History at Macquarie University, Sydney. She wrote numerous papers on Miles Franklin’s life and work. Her edited selection of Miles Franklin’s letters, My Congenials, appeared in 1993, and A Gregarious Culture: Topical Writings of Miles Franklin (with Margaret Bettison) in 2001.

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