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Phryne Fisher Mysteries
1989-
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novel
(number
11
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2001...
2001
Away With the Fairies
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It is the 1920s in Melbourne and Phryne Fisher 'is asked to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. To do so, Phryne takes a job within the women's magazine that employed the victim and finds herself enmeshed in her colleague's deceptions. But while Phryne is learning the ins and outs of magazine publishing...her personal life is thrown into chaos' with 'a series of mysterious assaults and warnings'. (Source: back cover, 2001 Allen and Unwin edition)
Adaptations
-
form
y
Away with the Fairies
( dir. Emma Freeman
)
Melbourne
:
Every Cloud Productions
,
2012
5984755
2012
single work
film/TV
crime
'Phryne enters the publishing world when she investigates the puzzling death of a magazine columnist and author of fairy stories. To get to the truth, she must unearth the deceptions and rampant rivalries of the magazine's thoroughly modern working women — and dig into the past of their token male employee. Meanwhile, Phryne rekindles her affair with the sensuous Lin Chung — whose arranged marriage has stalled in a mire of family politics and intrigue.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 24/5/2013)
Notes
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to my dearest twin, Jenny Pausacker.
With thanks as always to A.W.G., J.S.L.G., A.D.P., D.L.J.G., J.P. and S.T. They know who they are...And to Jenny Darling, proprietor of Wee Nooke.
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Epigraph: The strong subject, nonwithstanding the efforts against him, survives and acquires fresh vigour. The people again cherish their sovereign, and the plotters have wrought their own overthrow. / Hexagram 23: Po / The I Ching Book of Changes
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Dyslexic edition.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Away with the Fairies
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 3 2001; (p. 55)
— Review of Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel -
No Mean Achievement
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 233 2001; (p. 51-52)
— Review of Lugarno : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2001 single work novel ; Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel -
Double Mystery Set in City Backwaters
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 27 May 2001; (p. 50)
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 June 2001; (p. 7) -
A Refreshing Break
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 May 2001; (p. 17)
— Review of Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel -
The cracking pace of a Melbourne chase
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 May 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel
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Paperbacks
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 April 2001; (p. 6)
— Review of Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel -
The cracking pace of a Melbourne chase
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 May 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel -
A Refreshing Break
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 May 2001; (p. 17)
— Review of Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel -
No Mean Achievement
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 233 2001; (p. 51-52)
— Review of Lugarno : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2001 single work novel ; Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel -
[Review] Away with the Fairies
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 3 2001; (p. 55)
— Review of Away With the Fairies 2001 single work novel -
Double Mystery Set in City Backwaters
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 27 May 2001; (p. 50)
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 June 2001; (p. 7)
Last amended 9 Feb 2022 11:18:20
Subjects:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
Settings:
- 1920
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