AustLit logo

AustLit

image of person or book cover 639405230713445220.jpg
Image courtesy of publisher's website.
y separately published work icon The Ladies of Missalonghi single work   novel  
Alternative title: The Courtship of Missy Wright
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 The Ladies of Missalonghi
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'The Hurlingford family have ruled the small town of Byron, nestled in the Blue Mountains, for generations. Wealthy, powerful and cruel, they get what they want, every time.

'Missy Wright lives with her widowed mother and crippled aunt in genteel poverty. Hurlingfords by birth, all three are victim to the family's rule of inheritance: the men take it all. Plain, thin and unforgivably single, it seems Missy's life is destined to be dreary.

'But then a stranger arrives in town. A divorcee from Sydney. And she opens Missy's eyes to the possibility of a happy ending.'

Source : publisher's blurb

Notes

  • Dedication: For Mother, who has finally attained her dream of living in the Blue Mountains.
  • Also published as part of a Reader's Digest Condensed Book (1987, 1989).
  • McCullough was accused of plagiarizing this novel from The Blue Castle by Canadian author, L. M. Montgomery. (Source : Mary Jean DeMarr Colleen McCullough : A Critical Companion (1996); also Clippings relating to charges that Colleen McCullough plagiarized material from The Blue Castle for her novel The Ladies of Missalonghi (L. M. Montgomery collection, National Library of Canada)).
  • Also translated into other languages not listed here.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Damerna i Missalonghi
Language: Swedish
    • Stockholm,
      c
      Sweden,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Legenda ,       1987 .
      Extent: 198p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • This translation republished several times.
      ISBN: 9158211594
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Other Formats

  • Also large print, sound recording and braille.
Find library holdings on Trove

Works about this Work

Portrayal of Librarians in Australian Creative Writing Australian Library Journal Michael Middleton , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Library Journal , June vol. 60 no. 2 2011; (p. 144-154) 'An exploration is made of the ways in which librarians have been depicted in Australian creative writing. Reference is made to characters in novels, short stories, drama and poetry. With respect to novels, there is some consideration of characterisation and its relationship to plot.' Michael Middleton.
To Hell With the Critics, Colleen Writes for Herself Owen Brown , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 October 1990; (p. wkd 4)
Colleen Takes Juicy Jaunt Through Decadent Roman History Owen Brown , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 6 October 1990; (p. 17)
Here's to You Mrs Robinson Paul LePetit , 1989 single work biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 18-19 November 1989; (p. 30-38)
Double Trouble Part Three : Don Quixote on Wall Street Peter Anderson , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 48 no. 2 1989; (p. 284-290)
Hits and Misses, and Missalonghi Dorothy Colmer , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 May 1987; (p. 14)
— Review of The Ladies of Missalonghi Colleen McCullough , 1987 single work novel
Low-Key Colleen Takes Dig Socially Peta Koch , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 May 1987;
— Review of The Ladies of Missalonghi Colleen McCullough , 1987 single work novel
McCullough's Blue Mountains Fairytale Amanda Lynch , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 June 1987; (p. B5)
— Review of The Ladies of Missalonghi Colleen McCullough , 1987 single work novel
McCullough's New Ro-mance Nancy Phelan , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 May 1987; (p. 47)
— Review of The Ladies of Missalonghi Colleen McCullough , 1987 single work novel
McCullough's Women Will Keep You Cheering Dani Hayes , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 13 June 1987;
— Review of The Ladies of Missalonghi Colleen McCullough , 1987 single work novel
Here's to You Mrs Robinson Paul LePetit , 1989 single work biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 18-19 November 1989; (p. 30-38)
Portrayal of Librarians in Australian Creative Writing Australian Library Journal Michael Middleton , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Library Journal , June vol. 60 no. 2 2011; (p. 144-154) 'An exploration is made of the ways in which librarians have been depicted in Australian creative writing. Reference is made to characters in novels, short stories, drama and poetry. With respect to novels, there is some consideration of characterisation and its relationship to plot.' Michael Middleton.
Colleen Takes Juicy Jaunt Through Decadent Roman History Owen Brown , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 6 October 1990; (p. 17)
To Hell With the Critics, Colleen Writes for Herself Owen Brown , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 October 1990; (p. wkd 4)
Double Trouble Part One : One or Two Women? Gillian Whitlock , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 48 no. 2 1989; (p. 269-275) Meanjin , Summer vol. 69 no. 4 2010; (p. 83-88)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (15)
Last amended 23 Sep 2020 11:13:23
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Country towns,
  • Bush,
  • 1900s
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X