Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography

by Jill Roe

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"This biography is an authoritative account of the novelist, journalist, nationalist, feminist and larrikin Stella Miles Franklin, author of My Brilliant Career and a great literary figure. This account follows her story from her beginnings in the Australian bush, through her publishing success and time spent working for the women's labour movement in Chicago, and details her time spent as a nurse in the Balkans during World War I."--Provided by publisher.… (more)

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This is a very well-researched, comprehensive study of the life and work of Miles Franklin. It is written by notable Australian cultural historian, Jill Roe, who spent many years researching the life of Franklin. I would recommend this biography to anyone interested in Australian writers, women writers, or the development of Australian literature. (

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Australian Book Industry Awards (Shortlist – Biography – 2009)

Magarey Medal for Biography (2010)

Queensland Premier's Literary Award (Winner – History – 2009)

South Australian Literary Awards (Winner – Non-Fiction – 2010)

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Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography

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2008-11-01

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Miles Franklin

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To the memory of my grandmothers,
Elizabeth Norman Heath and Anna Elizabeth Roe,
Australian girls of the period

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Prologue: On Sunday 1 June 1879, a young woman set off from Brindabella Station in the high country of southern New South Wales to ride to Talbingo, some 50 kilometres south-west as the crow flies. Susannah Margaret Eleanor Franklin, née Lampe, wife of John Maurice Franklin, co-occupant of Brindabella Station, was over four months pregnant and she was going to her mother's place before winter set in to give birth to he first child.

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(p87) It may be that all the editing of My Brilliant Career by more experienced hands had been the making of it.

(p186) Miles Franklin never changed her view that war was a prime example of male lunacy.

(p202, during WW1) ... Far from protecting women, war exposed them. But then, at the end of the text, she wonders if she would draw similar conclusions if writing from within the German Empire.

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"This biography is an authoritative account of the novelist, journalist, nationalist, feminist and larrikin Stella Miles Franklin, author of My Brilliant Career and a great literary figure. This account follows her story from her beginnings in the Australian bush, through her publishing success and time spent working for the women's labour movement in Chicago, and details her time spent as a nurse in the Balkans during World War I."--Provided by publisher.

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