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Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 Intimate Strangers
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'Set in the Depression, the story traces the destruction of a marriage and the choices a woman must make for a fulfilling life.'

Source: Blurb.

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Notes

  • Dedication: To Hilda Esson
  • Epigraphs are quotations from Plato and Robert Briffault.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Arkon Paperbacks , 1981 .
      Extent: 410p.
      ISBN: 0207137870(pbk.)
      Series: Arkon Paperbacks Angus and Robertson (publisher), 1972 series - publisher Arkon is a paperback reprint imprint of the Australian publisher Angus and Robertson. The series was launched in 1972 to be merchandised in connection with T. V. series and involved the cartoonist Patrick Cook.
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
      image of person or book cover 4343139458682636271.png
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922730763
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books , 2022 .
      image of person or book cover 1950013036589605062.png
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 360p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 August 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761281549
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Writing Daughter : Writing Mother Deborah Jordan , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Mother-Texts : Narratives and Counter-Narratives 2010; (p. 110-125) 'Deborah Jordan relates some of her experiences in writing a a book, and subsequently self-publishing it, about her mother's life as a writer. Writing Mothers/Writing Daughters is a theme explored in different contexts, and in different genres. One thinks of Dursilla Modjeska's Poppy or of the biography of Edna Ryan by her equally acclaimed daughter. Jordan addresses the making of There's a Woman in the House, A 1950s Journey, which is a self publishing venture to celebrate the life and work of her own mother, through her own voice, with a collection of her own writings as a freelance journalist in the 1950s. It addresses, some of the issues that arose in the process of re-discovery and publication and some of the ideologies and options of genre. (Publisher's abstract, xviii)
Keep Close to the Earth! : The Schism between the Worker and Nature in Katharine Susannah Prichard's Novels Karen Barker , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , November no. 12 2006;
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel Graham Nowland , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 145-158) Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006.
Here's Luck Richard Nile , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Paul Hasluck in Australian History : Civic Personality and Public Life 1998; (p. 13-27)
Re-Writing Feminism in Katharine Susannah Prichard's Intimate Strangers Cath Ellis , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Crossing Lines : Formations of Australian Culture : Proceedings of Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995 1996; (p. 208-212)
Katharine Susannah Prichard's Latest Novel Jean Devanny , 1937 single work review
— Appears in: Workers' Weekly , 30 November 1937; (p. 2)
— Review of Intimate Strangers Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1937 single work novel
Domestic Drama 1937 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 June no. 31026 1937; (p. 6)
— Review of Intimate Strangers Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1937 single work novel
New Australian Books Frederick T. Macartney , 1937 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 July vol. 9 no. 7 1937; (p. 101-102)
— Review of Intimate Strangers Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1937 single work novel ; Not by Bread Alone Maie E. Clements , 1937 single work novel ; House of Conflict Vera Gladys Dwyer , 1933 single work novel ; Younger Sons Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1937 single work novel ; Gay Prelude Frederick C. Folkard , 1937 single work novel ; Ah There, Ffyshe! : A Novel W. S. Howard , 1937 single work novel ; Dig : A Drama of Central Australia Frank Clune , 1937 single work novel
Classic Collection Reclaims Our Neglected Riches Laurie Clancy , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 20-21 October 1990; (p. 5)
— Review of Waterway Eleanor Dark , 1938 single work novel ; My Brilliant Career [and] My Career Goes Bung Miles Franklin , 1990 selected work novel ; Intimate Strangers Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1937 single work novel ; Alien Son Judah Waten , 1952 selected work short story autobiography
Untitled 1937 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 May vol. 58 no. 2989 1937; (p. 2)
— Review of Intimate Strangers Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1937 single work novel
Fremantle : The Port as a Threshold of Consciousness in the Novel Graham Nowland , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 145-158) Explores the David Lodge q.v. notion of the narrative nature of consciousness in fiction with regard to literature set in the Western Australian Port of Fremantle. Discussion ranges over a period from 1879 to 2006.
Keep Close to the Earth! : The Schism between the Worker and Nature in Katharine Susannah Prichard's Novels Karen Barker , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , November no. 12 2006;
Outstanding New Publications and Best Sellers 1937 single work column
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 July vol. 9 no. 7 1937; (p. 106)
Writing Daughter : Writing Mother Deborah Jordan , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Mother-Texts : Narratives and Counter-Narratives 2010; (p. 110-125) 'Deborah Jordan relates some of her experiences in writing a a book, and subsequently self-publishing it, about her mother's life as a writer. Writing Mothers/Writing Daughters is a theme explored in different contexts, and in different genres. One thinks of Dursilla Modjeska's Poppy or of the biography of Edna Ryan by her equally acclaimed daughter. Jordan addresses the making of There's a Woman in the House, A 1950s Journey, which is a self publishing venture to celebrate the life and work of her own mother, through her own voice, with a collection of her own writings as a freelance journalist in the 1950s. It addresses, some of the issues that arose in the process of re-discovery and publication and some of the ideologies and options of genre. (Publisher's abstract, xviii)
Notes and Comments [Southerly vol.15 no.1 1954] 1954 single work column
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 15 no. 1 1954; (p. 73)
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