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Issue Details: First known date: 1959... 1959 The Little Ghosts
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'This collection of Ethel Anderson's Indian stories calls back to life a world that has passed away. Against the richly coloured background of Indian life, ranging in time from the sixteenth century to the last days of British rule, rajahs and camel-drivers, white nabobs and exquisite princesses, gipsies [sic], and English gentlewomen play out their comedies and tragedies. There are scenes so strange and bizarre that they would be incredible of their vividness did not carry its own conviction, and others that live in the memory by their intense and haunting beauty; there are tales of cruelty and passion and of charming light-heartedness. The brilliance of Ethel Anderson's style, with its distinctive blending of wit and poetry, makes her the perfect chronicler of this fascinating world.' (Source: 1959 Angus and Robertson edition)

Notes

  • Dedicated with admiration and gratitude to the Bulletin, the Writer's Friend
  • Some of these stories were previously published in the Bulletin, Indian Tales and Timeless Garden.
  • Published posthumously.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1959 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Elihu Yale's Women, Ethel Anderson , single work short story (p. 17-28)
The Cameleer's Wife, Ethel Anderson , single work short story (p. 29-41)
Twenty Four Elephants, Ethel Anderson , single work short story humour (p. 42-56)
A Seraglio Has Its Uses, Ethel Anderson , single work short story humour (p. 88-99)
Three Wakeful Nights, Ethel Anderson , single work short story (p. 100-118)
The Eurasian, Ethel Anderson , single work short story (p. 179-191)
Mrs James Greene, Ethel Anderson , single work short story
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Timeless Garden Ethel Anderson , Sydney : Australasian Publishing Co. , 1945 Z308520 1945 selected work prose
y separately published work icon Indian Tales Ethel Anderson , Sydney : Australasian Publishing Co. , 1948 Z308315 1948 selected work short story
y separately published work icon The Best of Ethel Anderson Ethel Anderson , John Douglas Pringle , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1973 Z307812 1973 selected work short story autobiography prose poetry
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Works about this Work

Ethel Anderson on India Alur Janaki Ram , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Women's Writing in English : India and Australia 2008; (p. 27-38)
Yale-Chennai Link : An Indo-Australian Perspective Alur Janaki Ram , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 48-51)
[Review] The Little Ghosts 1959 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , Copy held AUSTLIT 1959;
— Review of The Little Ghosts Ethel Anderson , 1959 selected work short story prose
Ethel Anderson's Last Book Cecil Hadgraft , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: Nation , 4 July 1959; (p. 22)
— Review of The Little Ghosts Ethel Anderson , 1959 selected work short story prose
Ethel Anderson Again R. McC. , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 March vol. 80 no. 4128 1959; (p. 2)
— Review of The Little Ghosts Ethel Anderson , 1959 selected work short story prose
Short Story Chronicle R. F. Brissenden , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 18 no. 4 1959; (p. 460-462)
— Review of The Village Hampden : stories E. O. Schlunke , 1958 selected work short story ; Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1957-1958 1958 periodical issue short story ; The Unploughed Land : Stories Peter Cowan , 1958 selected work short story ; West Coast Stories : An Anthology 1959 anthology short story extract ; The Little Ghosts Ethel Anderson , 1959 selected work short story prose ; Black-Feller, White-Feller Roland Robinson , 1958 selected work short story
Ethel Anderson Again R. McC. , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 March vol. 80 no. 4128 1959; (p. 2)
— Review of The Little Ghosts Ethel Anderson , 1959 selected work short story prose
Ethel Anderson's Last Book Cecil Hadgraft , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: Nation , 4 July 1959; (p. 22)
— Review of The Little Ghosts Ethel Anderson , 1959 selected work short story prose
[Review] The Little Ghosts 1959 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , Copy held AUSTLIT 1959;
— Review of The Little Ghosts Ethel Anderson , 1959 selected work short story prose
Yale-Chennai Link : An Indo-Australian Perspective Alur Janaki Ram , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 48-51)
Ethel Anderson on India Alur Janaki Ram , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Women's Writing in English : India and Australia 2008; (p. 27-38)
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