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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 The True Story of Lilli Stubeck
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'A wealthy woman takes on the daughter of a poor family to try to tame her, but she doesn't account for Lilli's determination to be herself.'

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Thai translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Hyland House , 1984 .
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      Extent: 182p.
      ISBN: 0908090714
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1984 .
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      Extent: 182p.
      Reprinted: 1985 , 1989
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2003 .
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      Extent: 243p.
      ISBN: 0140123288
Alternative title: Resnica o Lilli
Language: Slovenian
    • Maribor,
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      Slovenia,
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      Ex Yugoslavia,
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      Eastern Europe, Europe,
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      Zalozba Obzorja ,
      1988 .
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      Extent: 189p.

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  • Braille.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Elements of Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature B. F. Haynes , Sydney : 2009 27495428 2009 single work thesis

'This thesis discusses the influence of elements of Bakhtinian camivalesque in selected contemporary Australian children’s literature. Many of the Bakhtinian ideas are centred on the work of Franqois Rabelais, particularly his five books collectively entitled Gargantua and Pantagruel. Aspects of the complex field of Bakhtinian camivalesque that have been considered include: attitudes to authority, the grotesque body and its working, the importance of feasting and the associated concepts of bodily functioning, customs in relation to food, and ritual and specific language such as the use of curses and oaths. The role of humour and the manifest forms this takes within carnival are intrinsic and are discussed at some length. These central tenets are explored in two ways: first, in relation to their connection and use within the narrative structures of a selection of books short listed (and thus critically acclaimed) by the Australian Children’s Book Council from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, and second, by means of contrast, to the commercially popular but generally less critically acclaimed works of other Australian writers such as Paul Jennings and Andy Griffiths. The thesis concludes by considering the ways in which camivalesque freedom is encouraged through and by new media.'

Source: Abstract.

Untitled Maureen Mann , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 51)

— Review of The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel
y separately published work icon Housekeeping: From the House of Misrule to The House That Was Eureka Heather Scutter , St Lucia : AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource , 2009 Z62001 1997 single work criticism
James Aldridge : 'Larrikins and the Price of Freedom' Maureen Nimon , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 93-103)
The Shame of Lilli Stubeck : Racist Stereotyping of Romani ('Gypsy') People in the 1985 Australian Children's Book of the Year Tracey-Lea Smith , 1995 single work criticism review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1995; (p. 9-10)
Untitled Maureen Mann , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 1 2004; (p. 51)

— Review of The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel
Whaling and the Meaning of Life William Noonan , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 22-23 December 1984; (p. 11)

— Review of The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel ; Shallows Tim Winton , 1984 single work novel ; Tunnel Vision Dorothy Johnston , 1984 single work novel
A Forgotten Novelist Laurie Clancy , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 68 1985; (p. 25)

— Review of The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel
The 1985 Australian Children's Book Awards Margaret Dunkle , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 8-10)

— Review of Home in the Sky Jeannie Baker , 1984 single work picture book ; Ayu and the Perfect Moon David Cox , 1984 single work picture book ; Arthur Amanda Graham , 1984 single work picture book ; The Angel with a Mouth-Organ Christobel Mattingley , 1984 single work picture book ; The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; There's a Sea in My Bedroom Margaret Wild , 1984 single work picture book ; The Tree Witches Gwenda Turner , 1983 single work picture book ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox , 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel ; Adrift Allan Baillie , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio Victor Kelleher , 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters Robin Klein , 1984 single work correspondence ; Something Special Emily Rodda , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli Nadia Wheatley , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
The True Story of Lilli Stubeck 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 71 1985; (p. 31)

— Review of The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel
y separately published work icon Housekeeping: From the House of Misrule to The House That Was Eureka Heather Scutter , St Lucia : AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource , 2009 Z62001 1997 single work criticism
The Heroic Ordinary : The Novels of James Aldridge Evelyn Juers , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , February 1987; (p. 7-8)
James Aldridge : 'Larrikins and the Price of Freedom' Maureen Nimon , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 93-103)
The People: Family Life Versus Individualism John Foster , Maureen Nimon , E. J. Finnis , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : An Exploration of Genre and Theme 1995; (p. 121-136)
The Shame of Lilli Stubeck : Racist Stereotyping of Romani ('Gypsy') People in the 1985 Australian Children's Book of the Year Tracey-Lea Smith , 1995 single work criticism review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1995; (p. 9-10)
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