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'Miles Franklin wrote the first of these letters at Brindabella in 1887, over a decade before she started My Brilliant Career, the novel that famously propelled her out of the bush and on to Sydney and the world. The correspondence follows her to the Women′s Trade Union League in Chicago, to war work in the Balkans, to a return to writing in London, and finally home in the 1930s.
'After her nearly thirty years away, the letters now more than ever allowed Miles to share with "her congenials" - friends in England, Europe, the USA and Australia - experiences, memories and, above all, her commitment to Australian literature. The last letter in this collection was written only sixteen days before her death.
'As well as Miles Franklin′s own witty and provocative correspondence, the selection includes letters from her life-long friends, such as Alice Henry and Vida Goldstein, Katharine Susannah Pritchard, Dymphna Cusack and Beatrice Davis.
'Selected and edited by Jill Roe, the letters crackle with the surprises of a life richly lived.' (From the publisher's website, second edition.)
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Biography
2010
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review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 November 2010; (p. 7)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography -
'So Delightfully Miles, Gay, Intrepid and Unique!'
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 325 2010; (p. 14-15)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography -
Non-Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 August 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography -
Literary Lives in Letters
2001
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criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , August vol. 11 no. 11 2001; (p. 14-17) -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 17 no. 1 1995; (p. 104-105)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography
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As Paradoxical As a Platypus
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , June vol. 6 no. 2 1994; (p. 15-16)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography -
Non-Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 August 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography -
'So Delightfully Miles, Gay, Intrepid and Unique!'
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 325 2010; (p. 14-15)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography -
Biography
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 November 2010; (p. 7)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography -
A Brilliant Career
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 137 1994; (p. 85-86) Selected Prose of Dorothy Hewett 2011; (p. 123-128)
— Review of My Congenials : Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters 1993 anthology correspondence biography -
Literary Lives in Letters
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , August vol. 11 no. 11 2001; (p. 14-17)
- Miles Franklin
- Mary E. Fullerton
- Henry Lawson
- David Martin
- Joseph Furphy
- Kate Baker
- Norman Lindsay
- Dymphna Cusack
- C. Hartley Grattan
- Jean Devanny
- Nettie Palmer
- Beatrice Davis
- Vance Palmer
- Henrietta Drake-Brockman
- Henry Handel Richardson
- R. G. Howarth
- P. R. Stephensen
- Marjorie Barnard
- Alice Henry
- Rex Ingamells
- Florence James
- T. Inglis Moore
- Ian Mudie
- Pixie O'Harris
- Katharine Susannah Prichard
- Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW)
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cAustralia,c
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cUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
- 1800-1899
- 1900-1999