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Henry Handel Richardson Henry Handel Richardson i(A36607 works by) (birth name: Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson) (a.k.a. Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson; Ethel F. L. Robertson)
Also writes as: Ethel F. L. Robertson
Born: Established: 3 Jan 1870 East Melbourne, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Mar 1946 Hastings, East Sussex,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Female
Expatriate assertion
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1 y separately published work icon Essential Novelists - Henry Handel Richardson Early Modern Australian Fiction Henry Handel Richardson , August Nemo (editor), Vachendorf : Tacet Books , 2020 21006536 2020 selected work novel 'Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Henry Handel Richardson which are The Getting of Wisdom and Maurice Guest.
'Henry Handel Richardson, pseudonym of Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, Australian novelist whose trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, combining description of an Australian immigrant's life and work in the goldfields with a powerful character study, is considered the crowning achievement of modern Australian fiction to that time.' (Publication summary)
 
1 y separately published work icon The Henry Handel Richardson Collection Henry Handel Richardson , Australia : Transport Publishing , 2017 27517799 2017 selected work novel

'Henry Handel Richardson was the pen name of Australia Author, Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (3 January 1870 - 20 March 1946). This collection comprises all her Short Stories and 5 of her novels, including all three novels from her famous trilogy "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony" which details the slow decline, of a successful Australian physician and businessman and the effect this has on his family.' (Publication summary)
1 From : The Fortunes of Richard Mahony Henry Handel Richardson , 2009 extract novel (The Fortunes of Richard Mahony)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 291-298)
1 From : The Fortunes of Richard Mahony Henry Handel Richardson , 2004 extract novel (The Fortunes of Richard Mahony)
— Appears in: Australia Literature : Themes & Selected Readings 2004; (p. 115-133)
1 Extract from 1932 Diary Henry Handel Richardson , 2000 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 60 no. 1 2000; (p. 42-51)
1 Extract from 1916 Diary Henry Handel Richardson , 2000 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 60 no. 1 2000; (p. 32-51)
1 15 y separately published work icon Henry Handel Richardson : The Letters Henry Handel Richardson , Clive Probyn (editor), Bruce Steele (editor), Rachel Solomon (editor), Patrick O'Neill (editor), Carlton : Miegunyah Press , 2000 Z541434 2000 selected work biography correspondence
1 My Favourite Among My Books Henry Handel Richardson , 1997 single work column autobiography
— Appears in: Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence 1997; (p. 237-238)
1 1 Myself When Young Henry Handel Richardson , 1997 extract autobiography (Myself When Young)
— Appears in: Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence 1997; (p. 217-233)
1 Learning Her Place Henry Handel Richardson , 1997 extract novel (The Getting of Wisdom)
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Schooldays 1997; (p. 65-69)
1 5 y separately published work icon Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence Henry Handel Richardson , Susan Lever (editor), Catherine Cecilia Pratt (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1997 Z291635 1997 selected work novel short story extract biography criticism correspondence
1 To School Henry Handel Richardson , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: Wilder Shores : Women's Travel Stories of Australia and Beyond 1992; (p. 181-183)
1 Untitled Henry Handel Richardson , 1990 extract (The Fortunes of Richard Mahony : Comprising Australia Felix, The Way Home, Ultima Thule)
— Appears in: The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 276-281)
1 The Fortunes of Richard Mahony Henry Handel Richardson , 1988 extract novel (The Fortunes of Richard Mahony)
— Appears in: Australia Antologio 1988; (p. 115-122)
1 y separately published work icon Great Australian Writers : Miles Franklin, Henry Handel Richardson, Mrs Aeneas Gunn, Ruth Park Miles Franklin , Henry Handel Richardson , Mrs Aeneas Gunn , Ruth Park , London : Heinemann , 1987 Z1335920 1987 selected work novel
1 Proem Henry Handel Richardson , 1987 extract novel historical fiction (The Fortunes of Richard Mahony)
— Appears in: If Atoms Could Talk : Search and Serendipity in Australian Science 1987; (p. 240-249) Australian Short Stories 1991; (p. 187-194) The Arnold Anthology of Post-Colonial Literatures in English 1996; (p. 185-191)
1 Henry Handel Richardson (Extract from Myself When Young) 1987 extract autobiography (Myself When Young)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Autobiography 1987; (p. 45-46)
1 Untitled Henry Handel Richardson , 1987 extract novel (The Getting of Wisdom)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Autobiography 1987; (p. 42-45)
1 Henry Handel Richardson : Letters to Brandes Henry Handel Richardson , John George Robertson , Georg Brandes , Hanne K. Bock , 1983 selected work criticism correspondence biography
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 43 no. 4 1983; (p. 438-458)
1 Lallie Expires Henry Handel Richardson , 1977 extract novel (Ultima Thule : Being the Third Part of the Chronicle of The Fortunes of Richard Mahony)
— Appears in: The White Chrysanthemum : Changing Images of Australian Motherhood 1977; (p. 137-142) The White Chrysanthemum : Changing Images of Australian Motherhood 1985; (p. 115-118)
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